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Thinking Bigger – Aug 2018
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A Journey in Professional and Personal Continuous Improvement
Gardening
Favorite Full Sun Roofdeck Plants
Hellebores…Beauty among the Debris
Get to Work its April 19!! Spring Cleaning
Hellebores…Beauty among the Debris
Container Planting
For the Love of Dahlias…
Container Gardening Class
Fall Favorites
Musically Yours
I Can Only Get Better…Either Do It or Shut Up About it, 9/24/19
My Favorite Classical Piano Solo Pieces
Finishing What I Start – Books
Shared Experiences…Books 2019
“loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself” – rupi kaur
Great Advice and Love the Comaraderie of the Ultra Crowd
2019-2020 Raising the Bar
My Evolving Relationship with My Google Nest
Small Changes, Big Difference
Corona virus, elections, work stress and a plan to overcome
Walking is not running
A Study in Walking
My First Tire change At AGE 54
why i run and stepping off The Hedonistic treadmill
The Walking Dead and Getting Shoulder Surgery While I Still Have Insurance 6-30-20
#Seenlocal #Seensolo at Beaver Brook 6-14-20….Growing Forward
Tied Bike Hill Record 6-6-20 and New Gear
No Tears Shed This Year! First Nashoba Run 6-2-20
Running on a Bottle 5-17-20
Recovery, Menopause Amidst Corona
Freedom in the Woods, 1st Trail Run April 19, 2020
That’s What Love Is … and Weathering Corona Virus
Laura’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day (Week)
Best Mornings Ever and Avoiding Decompression Sickness in the Philippines
Hello Old Friend, 2/2/20
It hurts way less than that Nashoba hill… Mental prep for lactate threshold runs
Durability
2020 Goals: Kilkenney Ridge 50 Miler
Race Schedule 2020
Shoulder Setback…Back to the Drawing Board for 2020 Goals
Fun in the Dark and Venturing Into the Woods 12/8/19
Emotionally Reinvigorated…But Hurt Myself During Xfit Warmup 11/16/19
I am an Ultra Runner! AAR Stone Cat 50k 11/2/19
Daring Greatly and Goggins Got me Again With His MOAB 240 Results…
There Was No Plan for Not Finishing
Move Forward Without Fear
Laura vs. The Dark, AAR Hollis Trail Run 10/5/19
Recovery (T+9), Some Big Thoughts and My Next Ultra Attempt in a Month
It’s Stressful Being a Spectator, AAR Killington Spartan Ultra 9/14/19
Race Pace and Mental Preparations…T-7 days
The Doubt, 14 day countdown, Aug 30, 2019
The Goal
Old Speck..A Few (14) Notable Miles on the Appalachian Trail AAR 8/24/19
Finding my Tribe over 23 miles of trail running – Vermont Ragnar Aug 16-17 2019 on Team STFU Donny
Victory, Two Falls, Calf Cramps and the shoulder(s) survived! AAR Boston Super Aug. 10, 2019
AAR 7/29/19 Not my best effort, dog days of summer and working out
AAR 7/21/19 HOT HOT HOT!! Records were broken, flies eaten,snakes jumped
AAR Skyline Trail 15.79 miles, Tears Were Shed
Tough Mudder 6-29-19 AAR
Off The Trainer and onto the Streets
This
AAR Last Month – Lessons Learned June 17, 2019, 89 days until Killington Ultra
Victory – First OCR Races AAR 5-19-19
gratitude
Hump Day is Hill day – Wachusett Dam 4/3/19
Twisted in Two Planes, AAR 3/31/19 end wk 15, 167 days Left
The elusive rope climb…touched ceiling after 8 years
Longest Run in 36 Years…New Bedford Half Marathon AAR
After Activity Report Week 12, 187 days to train
A week of Enlisting my Two Little Proteges to Run a Spartan With me
Magic Beans – Fuel
I am in love with an irrigation box
Again, a Life Lesson – How Many Times Do I Need to Be Told?
STFU STFU
Keeping the Light On
Something Unexpected and Heartwarming
Keeping the Light On
The Elusive Dead Hang T2B after 8 Yrs
Self Sabotage at the Bottom of the Scale
girl stuff
Hail to the Salt Truck! 2-6-19
Hangin’ with the Pros! My first bike fitting
Dreaming of Cheese Dip, AAR Week 7 Jan 27, 2019
Loving the Long Runs and What Steals My Soul
After Activity Report Week 6, Jan 27, 2019
Oh The Drama…Ups and Downs
Squat Fail
Race Schedule 2019
Finding Time and Back Update
Mental Toughness
Fu***** Goggins – 4030 pullups in 17 hours
Priorities…250 days until the Ultra
The gear you need…and then comes the work
Taking the Shoulder out for a Spin!
Perils of Technology and Cadence vs. Heart Rate – Dec 23, 2018
Official Training Day 1: Run Test
Shoutout to the BHE: Best Husband Ever
StrongerU vs RP Templates and The Domino Effect
Showing Up
Addressing Lower Back Pain
You Don’t Know What “A Little” is
When You Realize You Don’t Know Anything… Always Fun and Easy to Get Better When You’re Not so Great!
Thinking Bigger – Aug 2018
BEING SMALLER – May 2018
Finally appreciating the journey – Jan 2018
“Impatience – Nov 2017”
2021 Never Give Up
2021 Training Song of the Year
Crew Lesson Learned “Not to be here for the next race” Hamsterwheel 11/6/21
My training is what it is! Day before Hamsterwheel 11/5/21
Out of Gas 10/17 and 10/24/21
63 Mile Bike Record! 10/16/21
What is Your Favorite Race? Uhmmmmm…..
Trail Thoughts
Kilkenney 25 Miler: Once You Go In, The Only Way Out is to Finish 9/18/21
Kilkenney 25 Prep – About as Many Ups/downs as the Course! 9/13/21
Mt. Moosilaukee and a COLD SOAK! 9/12/21
Mt Monadnock 2.75, Laura 1.25, Two attempts 8/31/21 and 9/5/21
Conquered “The Double Speck!” 8/27/21
Mt Greylock vs My Chin 8/14/21
the Downhill Zone…Mt Garfield 8/1/21
Mt Washington or Bust 7/28/21
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Skyline Trail 7/25/21
Case Study in Work Stress…Broken 5/28/21
Shoutout to Trailrunner Nation Podcast…How to Deal with Difficult Situations
I was a Madwoman running Down Mt Tecumseh
Fake it Til You make It
2021 An EPIC Year in the Making
2022-2023 Hanging Tough
Recertifying as a “Badass Motherfucker” 11/25/23
The Grand Pause Cont…. and Ascent of Blueberry Mtn – Oct 8, 2023
I have put myself in Time Out
Tour du Mont Blanc – Breathtaking
Another back to back weekend, Pack Monadnock and N/S Twins + Galehead 7/2 and 7/3… on Little Sleep
Back to Back: Sunday N/S Kinsman 6/26/22
Up and Down, Up and Down… Pack Monadnock x4 on Sat 6/25/22
Played Hookie and Crushed Franconia Ridge 6/21/22!
Laura 1, Rocks 1 Mt Madison 6/11/22
The Epic Ragnar Zion 5/13-14 2022 After Two Years!
Feeling Tired – Subscribed to Inside Tracker for Bloodwork and Recommendations 5/31/22
Cannon – First Big One This Year 5/29/22
Kicking into High Gear! 5/4/22
My sweet mom & overcoming transition
From Survival to Thriving 1/23/2022
2024 Recertifying in Badass
1/1/24 Scary Goal…Check!
The 1/1/24 Goal is Not a New Year’s Resolution
A Rough Week 1 – 1/5/24
Week 3: Fighting Covid I got in TX
Coming Back from The Dead 3/17/24
Jasmine Paris First Woman to Finish Barkley with 1:39 min to Spare!! #SuperBadass
The Deed is Done – Badass Recertification in Full Effect 4/3/24
Celebrations of Success and Stopping the Negative Self Talk 4/5/24
After Activity Report (AAR) TARC Half Marathon 4/20/24
Who Said Retirement is Boring? Juggling Priorities… 5/3/24
Saved from Momma Bear by the Most Handsome Man on the Planet. And I’m tired. 6/21/24
Back out on the Road Bike! 15.6 miles, 1:18 hrs on 6/25/24
Alta Via 1 Prep – 7 Mile Hike with Loaded Packs Completed! 6/27/24
2024 Mile Record, Fourth of July Parade after 4 Hr Long Run, and Let the Music Begin! 7/5/24
Alta Via 1 – An Epic Adventure, 7/21-7/31
Giving Myself a Break. Change of Course. 8/27/24
Living in Fear of the “Swim Test!”
Feeding My Soul during the Coco View Divemaster Internship (12/2/24)
Love and Heartbreak
Alarm reminders gone awry.
Happiness Reminder
A Failed Squat and Call for Help.
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