Explore: Hiking Bald Mountain
It’s no surprise that I love to ski on Bald Mountain, but the mountain has a host of summer activities, too. Recently I took advantage of one lesser known perk of living in this mountain town – if you...
View ArticleBeaver Creek Wildfire
I’m interrupting my planned post (DIY laminate counters, coming soon!) to share something that has been consuming all my thoughts and attention over the past week: the Beaver Creek wildfire. Last...
View ArticleWhy I Eat Paleo
The last year has been exciting. Somehow, without me really noticing, I made huge lifestyle changes. I took a new job and traveled a great deal. I went from a marginal interest in running to being a...
View ArticleExplore: Four Wheeling in the Lost River Range, Idaho
Last weekend Mike and I hopped in our friends Land Rover, destination unknown. The four of us had planned to raft on the Snake River, but we got a late start and suddenly it seemed more stressful than...
View ArticleA Year in Running: Getting Ready for the Portland Marathon
I am 8 days out from the Portland Marathon. It makes me a little emotional, and I’d like to bottle this incredible feeling. Lacking the technology for such a maneuver, I’m attempting to find the words...
View ArticleRace Recap: Portland Marathon
Marathoner. That’s the first thought I had when I woke up the morning after the Portland Marathon. After months of training and near-single-minded focus, the race itself included both the expected and...
View ArticleExplore: Shifting Seasons
A change is in the air. The mornings are cold (17F this morning to be precise), there is frost on my car, and occasionally I see snowflakes drifting lazily from the sky. The Wood River Valley is...
View ArticleRace Recap: Lil Rhody Runaround 8 Mile Trail Race
Two weekends ago I had the chance to run an eight mile trail race with my sister and my cousin’s husband. It was all very serendipitous – I had to travel to DC for work one week, then the following...
View ArticleExplore: Cross Country Skiing
Sun Valley has finally – finally! – had it’s first big snow of the season. Much like northern California (where we get our storm patterns from) we are in a drought. If San Francisco isn’t getting rain...
View ArticleExplore: Powder at Sun Valley
Well usually I space my winter activity posts over a longer time span and you don’t get them back to back. But since it’s the second week of Feburary and we’ve just had our first storm, I’m feeling...
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