“Total Solar Eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every two years, or so. So just calm yourself when people tell you they’re rare,” ~Neil deGrasse Tyson They are calling it the eclipsolypse. Grocery stars near the line of totality had run out of food days before the eclipse and people are panicking about gasoline shortages. And…
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Monday Mojo, Volume 11
Lots has happened since my last Mojo – trips to Montana, a whirlwind CANADA tour, a pace gig at the Hardrock 100, Roo’s eye bludgeoning incident, and lots of wildflower Wasatch wanderings. I also got braces 4 weeks ago and literally want to rip my teeth out of my mouth. Pretty sure the only thing holding my…
Monday Mojo, Volume 10
One hundred degrees in the forecast for SLC so I am thinking about fleeing to Canada next week. Looking for suggestions in the Canadian Rockies? I may never come back… I am reading Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime right now and am totally blown away by his stories growing up in South Africa during the…
Monday Mojo, Volume 9
Took a huge wipe-out this past week on my last training run for the Wahsatch Steeplechase and bruised a good 30% of my body and rendered my thumb barely usable. Hopefully that means I will CRUSH the Steeplechase this weekend finally getting my sub-3 hour finish and then I can completely retire from running and…
Monday Mojo, Volume 8
No mojo last week since I was finding mojo real time in Southern Utah with two of my favorite ladies! Explored several slot canyons in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and went on a super fun route finding adventure in Lower Death Hollow. We missed the prime cactus bloom by about a week, but spied a…
FAI Surgery 4 or 5 Year Update?!?
It has been quite some time since I’ve provided an update on my FAI-y hips. Has it been 4 or 5 years since my first surgery? How about my last surgery? Which side was it that was done twice? Good thing I have this blog to look back on because I can literally google my…
Monday Mojo, Volume 7
We had a very special week of weather in Salt Lake last week. Waking up to snow in our yard, I abandoned all responsibilities and took my dog up my favorite local peak to photograph the wildflowers covered in snow. Was a totally magical morning, but sadly all the wildflowers are now dead. Frustrated with…
Monday MoJo, Volume 6
I’ve decided to turn Monday Motivation into Monday Mojo mostly because “mojo” just sounds more fun! I’ve been having some trouble finding my running mojo so this Ultrarunner podcast on Mojo, Motivation, and Burnout was a timely listen. This past week I went to the live taping of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me in Salt Lake…
Monday Motivation, Volume 5
Whirlwind trips to the desert the past two weekends have my head reeling and of course lusting for more. A little preview of one of the trips! Last week REI launched its Forces of Nature campaign last week and released this sweet video discussing women’s equality in climbing and well pretty much life. As for…
Monday Motivation, Volume 4
Re-charged in the Tetons this weekend, thanks to Terry Tempest Williams’s The Hour of Land I recently finished, which inspired me to explore the park in winter. One of my ultrarunning heroes, Rickey Gates, began his self-supported journey across the country last week. He’s imposed a $1,000 budget/month for 5 months, which will cover food,…