This post contains affiliate links. Despite the festive season, the hits just kept on hitting this week. After a visit last week to my PCP, ...

This year, I had no idea what to put on my Christmas list. I never do, because when I want something, I just go out and buy it. But this wee...

What a week!   A Big Snowstorm ✅ Bitter Cold Temperatures ✅ Gale Force Winds ✅ Taken down by a virus ✅ Hepatitis B is no longer a required v...

With the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, things were a little mixed up! Different work hours on Wednesday and a turkey trot on Thursday ha...

In these crazy, unsettled times, I'm focusing on finding gratitude for the good things in my life. I don't know about you, but to me...

We have had an amazing fall--warm weather and beautiful colors! The leaves are starting to fall, but we've still got good color. I'm...

We wrapped up our trip to northern Wisconsin, completing another segment of the Ice Age Trail, and returning to Illinois on Monday. Even tho...

It was a week filled with challenges, but they were good challenges! I continued to add more miles to my total for the Mammoth Trail Challen...

Trail magic, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy , is finding what you need when you least expect it, experiencing rare nature, o...

What I want to know is: where is fall?  When I step onto the trails, it looks like fall, but it still feels like summer. Usually, this time ...

Throughout my adult life, I've used running to help me through the tough times. When the pandemic hit, and there was nowhere to run, I d...

Our summer's theme of heat, humidity, and smoke continued this week. Last week's cooler temperatures felt so good, but they were jus...

' One day I won't be able to do this, but today is not that day . Today I fight!  ~ origin unclear, but perhaps paraphrased from J.R...

This week was all about moving my body in a way that didn't aggravate my knee injury. It helped that as the week went on, the pain lesse...

I'm trying, guys. This week challenged me more than I've been challenged in some time. Problems at work, the ongoing saga with my pa...

I was all confused this week--my work schedule was altered to accommodate my 3 partners who were all out of the office this week. Plus, I ha...

This really is the best time of year to be a runner! Or is it fall? I love them both so much. As for all my complaining about the slow arriv...

Disclaimer: This post contains an affiliate link. Yep, the weather has been kind of sucky, but that hasn't stopped me from getting outsi...

Living in the Midwest, we're used to wild weather swings. This past week was off-the-charts bonkers. Considering what we've experien...

This post contains an affiliate link. Last week, I asked for sunshine and Mother Nature delivered. It wasn't especially warm--Lake Michi...