Author Archives: Hummingbird

It’s strange to be in between. After running a 100 miler, there is some significant recovery that the body has to go through, and most runners probably don’t have a lot of patience for. There is also a bit of a depression that sets in with recovery. A low that follows the high of aContinue reading “Between recovery and building”

Love, beauty, gut issues and a touch of hypothermia. Well, that was a lot of fun. I was craving a nice long run. It’s been since October since I’ve ran a 100 miler (Moab 240) and I was ready. A bit of history first: my stepdad, Bill, who was really more of a father toContinue reading “Burney Mountain 100 Recap”

I tend to be one to go after hard things and think, “maybe I can have it all.” When we “grow up,” have jobs, hubbies, babies, houses, so many people say, “there goes your freedom,” or, “you better give that up and settle down.” When I was pregnant with my daughter, Poppy, I was toldContinue reading “How a “quickie” gets new meaning”

It has been two years since I last posted. Motherhood and newbie Nurse Practitioner-hood have been overwhelming, and left little mental space to pursue writing. However, I have been getting out on trails: running, hiking, fast packing, backpacking. Sometimes solo, and often accompanied by my mini-me. Since my daughter Poppy was born in summer, 2021,Continue reading “Two Years Later…”

2021 began with a huge loss. A very dear friend had been missing since Christmas, so the East Bay running community went on a search for him, and by mid-month we all learned he had passed in the waters of the bay. There is so much more to say, and I will someday. For now,Continue reading “January 2021: Some skiing, backpacking and a twelve week Ultrasound”

There was a heartbeat that wasn’t my own beating away inside me while I jogged down the trail (feeling barfy). Amidst finals and nursing jobs with the health corps last December, I managed a couple fun weekend long runs, and a long weekend getaway to Yosemite Valley to pop the big question to my partner.Continue reading “December 2020: A couple fun runs, an ultrasound, and a magical trip to Yosemite.”

I didn’t know it, but I had a little human inside me! Last November, my partner and I decided to spend Thanksgiving with some good friends from Idaho, and all visit the Grand Tetons for a small pandemic holiday gathering. None of us had been to the Tetons before, and we were excited to explore.Continue reading “A trip to the Tetons (A pandemic Thanksgiving 2020)”

It has been nearly a year since my last blog post. Since late November last year, I gestated a little human, got engaged, gave birth, and now have a family of three. Pregnancy and the postpartum period were a major adjustment for me and my passion for running and long distances. I was able toContinue reading “And Then There Were Three”

Transition is difficult. We all know it, we all go through it, but it doesn’t make it feel any less painful. As the days shorten, the weather cools, and animals burrow in their nests, I am feeling both a pull to comfort by the fire, and the itch to get out while I still can,Continue reading “Autumn Musings”