I'm not exaggerating when I say that I had DOMS all week. From Sunday's run to Monday's strength training class and forward into...

On Wednesday, runners all over the world celebrated Global Running Day. Global Running Day was started as a movement in the US in 2009--do y...

I started the week feeling strong, and since we were at the lake over the weekend, I was excited to run on my local Ice Age Trail segments. ...

Nature continues to provide me with plenty of stress relief. But the stress of the past couple of months is taking a toll on my physical hea...

Greetings from the northwoods of Wisconsin! My youngest son and I are on another hiking adventure on some new-to-us segments on the Ice Age ...

Wow, did we get rain this week! Along with the rain, we had severe storms every night. This week alone, we've received almost 4 inches o...

My mom is home from rehab, and with 24 hour care, I was able to step back a bit from my duties and resume some of my normal activities, incl...

While preparing this post, I looked back through this week's recaps on IG . The impromptu winter that started the week brought me down, ...

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

As I posted on my IG last Sunday , I woke up and I was older. Those birthdays just keep coming. There's not much I can do about that, bu...

... THE WEDDING . EEEK! It's here! Next week is my oldest son's wedding. All the planning is done and the big--very big--event takes...

Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer, but there's still plenty of summer-like weather left! We had some amazing weather thi...

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. As far as springs go, this one hasn't brought its best conditions. In fact, I'd ...

Before you judge me based on the title of this post, hear me out. My life has gotten very busy since the start of the year. On the work fron...

Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. This was such a nice week! Christmas fell on Wednesday this year and with Thursday bein...

It's finally real fall here--the kind of fall we are accustomed to. Not that our recent conditions were fake fall, but all that color, b...

I will never complain about the gorgeous fall weather we've been having this year. Yes, we need rain. But I know what's coming--plen...

After a busy September, I hoped for a more relaxing October, but this month started with a bang! I'm not complaining--it's been a re...

It's another loooooong post as I recap 2 weeks of fun and fitness. I was out of town last weekend and wasn't able to post a recap. S...