Earlier this spring, I had plans to run 'Run From the Taxman', a trail race on the Lapham Peak segment of the Ice Age Trail. I put t...

The F3 Lake Half Marathon is Chicago's unofficial start to race season. Although it's been around for 15 years, I've never done ...

About 6 months ago, the leader of Trail Sisters Chicago Northwest asked me if I wanted to join her for Leadville Silver. She was planning on...

Disclaimer: Because I wanted to share this recap in a timely manner, I  did the unforgivable and screenshotted some of the photos taken of m...

I ran this race a year ago and after being humbled and beat up by the hills, I vowed never to run it again. Yet, here I was, lined up for th...

Recently, I ran my 3rd Frozen Gnome 10k on the local trails at Veteran's Acres Park in Crystal Lake, Illinois. In 2021, I ran this race ...

Finally!!! After 2 years of deferrals due to the pandemic and one DNS last fall because I broke my ankle and foot, I finally lined up for th...

For the past 2 years, I've put the Tear Drop Half Marathon on my must-run list. But the pandemic interfered with those plans. This year ...

For the past couple of years, I've had my eye on the Earth Day Trail races, held at the same trails where I ran the Frozen Gnome 10k in...

Last year, I optimistically signed up for the Frozen Gnome 10k, thinking that since it was outdoors on the trails, it wouldn't be cancel...

I've always had a love for the city of Madison, Wisconsin. Back in my college days, I used to visit the campus and since that time, the ...

I've run this race so many times that I've lost count. Last year, I was signed up for it, but COVID had other ideas. Set to take pla...

Disclaimer: As an ambassador for All Community Events, my entries to their events are comped. All my opinions are my own. Live from Long Gro...

Disclaimer: As an ambassador for All Community Events, I receive complimentary entries to all their races in exchange for social sharing. My...

As an ambassador for All Community Events , I received a free entry to the Schaumburg Turkey Trot Half Marathon . My opinions are my own. ...

Will run for chocolate. As much as I love chocolate, I'd rather run for beer, but it has to be a good beer and that doesn't seem t...

Homestretch for Heroes 5k is an evening event that has been held the last couple of years at the Arlington International Race Course, a well...

As an All Community Events ambassador, I received a free entry to the AMITA FitAmerica 5k. My recap of the race was not influenced by my aff...

Last winter, I signed up for the half marathon distance of this new to the Chicago area race. My running club was sponsoring it and there wa...

I've run the 10k distance of my hometown race many times, but this was my first time signing up for the 5k. Health issues and struggles ...