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Social Media—Bane or Boon to Trail Running?
This week I sat under the shade of one of the largest trees in the world, handed Shacky the camera, and didn’t take a single picture. I folded my legs over a slab of rock, and watched tourist after...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
Task from this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge: Share a picture that means ESCAPE to you. Here’s mine: To understand the significance of this photo, we need to rewind to one year ago today. I was days...
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Spartan Race Entry Giveaway
I first got excited about obstacle racing when I finished my first Spartan race, then again when I helped edit Margaret Schlachter’s soon-to-be-released book about obstacle racing. Although I enjoy the...
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Happy Hoboversary! Stats From One Year Later
It has now been one year since I quit a reliable and respectable job in my field of journalism to travel, write a book, and do more living. I had no idea at the time where I would find myself one year...
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The Pacific Northwest: Finding Humility at the Waterfall
Cascade Falls, Pacific Coast Trail It is late morning on the Pacific Coast Trail—a sunny but cool day under the vast shade of the forest. We are in Oregon, a few miles away from the Bridge of the...
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Unfair Advantages in Trail Racing and Don’t Be a Douch
In elementary school, I had a teacher who gave the same response to every child who opened their mouth to complain. “Life’s not fair,” she would chirp with a grin, thrilled to be the first to inform us...
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Our Second Hitchhiker
with hitchhiker Mike This week we had the honor of picking up our second hitchhiker off the side of the road. We saw him as soon as we drove into Fort St. Nelson in the evening, but we were stopping to...
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Q&A Uncensored: Your Chance to Ask Anything
Photo: Bow Lake in Alberta, Canada Two years ago I participated in an online Q&A game via my blog. Because my life has changed so drastically since then, I thought it would be awesome to do it...
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Q&A Uncensored: Answers to Your Questions
Photo: Denali National Park in Healy, Alaska In my previous post I presented an open invitation for anyone to ask me anything—no topic was too taboo or too personal. Here are the questions I received,...
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Ontario, Canada: Finding Home Right Where it Always Was
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you...
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Winter Life on a Homestead (Photo Essay)
Life at the Wolfestead has brought me back to a time when people didn’t exert energy for the sake of exercise. They moved their bodies to play or to work, and often because they needed to survive. The...
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2013: Stats From a Year of Travel Blogging
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 310,000 times in...
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Spartan Race Entry Giveaway
Have you tried a Spartan race yet? Here’s your chance to win a free entry anywhere in the Continental US! Here’s my video on why you should do a Spartan race and the ONE reason you might not want to....
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Menopause Management Tips for the Active Endurance Athlete
The following is a book excerpt from new release Daughters of Distance. Get the full book or download a sample on Amazon. Remember to leave an Amazon review. Shelly (not her real name) sat in the car...
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Daughter of Distance of the Week: Erica Smith
One of my goals this year is to support more women in endurance and help them connect to each other. There are so many of us out there, grinding out those miles and sometimes feeling alone in our...
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Daughters of Distance of the Week: The Rev3 Koa Wahine Women’s Adventure...
For three months now I have been posting a series of profiles featuring individual women in endurance sport. Today I’m thrilled to present our first all-female team! These ladies are hardcore. Allow...
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Daughter of Distance of the Week: Terry Toffelmire
One of my goals this year is to support more women in endurance and help them connect to each other. There are so many of us out there, grinding out those miles and sometimes feeling alone in our...
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Daughter of Distance of the Week: Stephanie Eldore
One of my goals this year is to support more women in endurance and help them connect to each other. There are so many of us out there, grinding out those miles and sometimes feeling alone in our...
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