HOW TO NOT-RUN(?)

It’s no secret (or maybe it is) that I haven’t run in a long time. Twelve weeks (or 87 days) to be exact. In the space between injury and surgery, not-running was easy. For a while, I could convince myself that maybe I’d be fine without surgery and my comeback would be quick. I biked

PRACTICING THANKFULNESS

A little over a week ago, I misstepped on a trail run and dislocated my kneecap. It stayed out of place for around two hours, and (once it was finally put back in place at the ER) for the next five days, I barely moved. At all. But then, slowly, some of the mobility came

YAY HILLS!

This past Friday – much like every week during winter training (and sometimes during summer) – the Augustana distance team trudged up a hill. Okay, fine. ‘Sprinted’ might be more accurate, even though sprint might be too generous. Let’s just call it somewhere between a trudge and a sprint. But the point is: We did

[S]PEAKS: BRITTANY CHARBONEAU

“I’m Loving Every Minute of It!’” Brittany Charboneau can best be described as joyful. Or personable. Or caring. Ecstatically energetic. Rambunctious, even. She packs a lot of personality. Charboneau started running in eighth grade. After stints on school teams all the way through college, she turned to marathons and, now, trail races. It took until

[S]PEAKS: DANI MORENO

“You Still Have Time” One of the first mountain runners I was introduced to was Dani Moreno. She showed up on the Instagram Explore page I was scrolling through, with beautiful California trails and her own winning runs scattered across her picture timeline. It was the first time I realized that trail running was a

THE ALLURE OF THE TRAILS

Forty-seven people. Some biked. Some ran. Others hiked. In the 32 minutes I was on the trails for my Wednesday morning run, I passed 47 other trail-goers (yes, I counted). It was, if I had to guess, about average, if not less crowded than normal. On my other runs the previous day and over the