Two days before my birthday, my brother texted me asking, "so how do you feel about being robbed of an hour of your birthday?" Yes, that's right. This year, I had the unfortunate luck of having my birthday on the start of Daylight Savings Time...also known as "springing forward" or losing an hour. Can you …
Continue reading Half Marathon #21 – Tucson, Arizona (March 9, 2025)
The last time I went to Nashville, I was a freshly minted college grad on a road trip with my mom — which is to say, I was basically a toddler with a diploma. My idea of “experiencing Broadway” was eating an early-bird dinner at a honky tonk and being back at the hotel by …
Continue reading Half Marathon #20 – Nashville, TN (October 26, 2024)
It's never a good sign when you tell someone that you're traveling to a state and they ask with confusion and disdain, "but why?" I can't even lie and say that I haven't judged New Jersey a time or two. I mean truthfully the two things that come to mind when I think about New …
Continue reading Half Marathon #19 – New Jersey (May 19, 2024)
Look, I'm not even going to try and pretend that I'm neutral on this one. The east coast is just better. Of course, even I am not immune to the allure to the beautiful weather of the west coast. As I sit here writing, I am outside in the SHADE just dripping sweat because yay …
Continue reading Half Marathon #18 – San Diego, California (June 4, 2023)
I completely understand now why parents do crazy things for their kids. For the first time, a child was joining me on a half marathon adventure. Jenna (age 3) was ecstatic. Not only were we having a Mommy-Daughter trip but she was getting to go on an AIRPLANE (emphasis by Jenna 😂). We got her …
Continue reading Half Marathon #17 – New Hampshire (April 30, 2023)
After sixteen half marathons, I have finally discovered how to motivate myself to actually train: Billy Currington. Who? What? Why? I know, so many questions. Honestly, I'm just as shocked as you are. I mean I like Billy and everything but he's not my ride or die (I'm talking about you Andy Grammer!). But apparently …
Continue reading Half Marathon #16 – Denver, Colorado (September 17, 2022)
I cannot figure out why people ask me to run half-marathons with them. I am slow. Turtle slow! And when it's **snowing** (yes, more on that later) and you have to wait outside for your slow runner friend to finish...well lets just say I am grateful that I still have any friends at this point. …
Continue reading Half Marathon #15 – Lexington, Kentucky (April 9, 2022)
It all started with scoring the game-winning goal on my Tuesday night hockey team. Not only did I score, which is super rare, but it was actually the deciding factor that gave us the win. (Of course, it should be noted that it really wasn't that great of a goal. But when you don't score …
Ever since starting this crazy (stupid?) goal of running fifty half marathons, I figured that there would come a time when I would need to run one while pregnant. It's just simple math: if I plan to run two races a year and finish running in all states by the time I am 50, then …
Continue reading Half Marathon #14 – Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 19, 2019)
I don't think there are many times in my life where I can truthfully say that I felt like Drake. I mean Drake is a pretty big deal. First of all, anyone that is known internationally on a one name basis is already up there (do you know how many famous Julia's I would have …
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