Ringing in the New Year
This year, I chose an unusual way to spend New Year’s Eve....
Anne Lundblad
What I Love About Winter Running
Here are the top ten things I love about winter running....
Thanksgiving: Who are we fooling?
Who’s in for the Fat Turkey 50 Mile?...
Get Rid of the Gadgets
“I don’t go to humid places, use tents, sweat suits, heart rate monitors, GPS systems etc. I love the purity and simplicity of training hard on the trails and r...
Staying in the Game
How do you stay in the game when your heart’s not in it?...
Ultra Race of Champions
Last weekend I traveled to Charlottesville, VA to compete in the TrailRunner Ultra Run of Champions, otherwise known as the UROC. Originally the brainchild of u...
Race Day Dreams
It’s happening again. I’m leading the race, feeling strong and confident. Suddenly the course takes an unexpected turn, into a building. This seems odd but I co...
My kid is not a runner
Lately I’ve noticed a change in many of my friends’ status updates....
Getting unplugged
I am an iPod junkie. It all started back with the Sony Walkman, that gateway drug for so many of us. Sometime in high school, I upgraded to a Sport Walkman, see...
Dog days of summer
This time of the year, something happens to my dog....
A day on the trail with a super star
Imagine hearing your alarm go off at 4:45am, hastily dressing, grabbing a quick bite to eat and hitting the trail in the pre-dawn darkness. You hammer out five ...
What’s next?
The other day, when I was telling a friend about an epic 34-mile run I had done over the weekend, she asked, “So what is it that you’re not training for?” To he...
Run happy
Recently I went for a run while visiting a college town in the Southeast. I won’t name names, but let’s just say that most of the runners I encountered exhibite...