Appalachia Run Wild

This holiday, we decided to do something adventurous, fun, and non-traditional since last year was difficult and spent recovering from brain surgery. A frien...

I departed Friday for Damascus, Virginia to run the Iron Mountain Trail Run (30 mile option) over Labor Day weekend. This was just what I needed ... a weeken...

Jeremy, Huck and I arrived to Sheridan, WY on Thursday afternoon and headed to the Tongue River Community Center, our base camp for the weekend. For the two ...

I recently had the opportunity to take a week off between a job transition and decided to take some personal time to embark upon my first solo trip. I often ...

Not only did I recently have brain surgery and was out on medical leave for 8 weeks, but I’m also taking a new job! Let’s just say the past 3 months have not...

It is week 7 of recovery and I officially feel like I'm on the other side of this brain surgery. Last week, Jeremy and I went to UVA for my 6 week post-op ap...

Lost 20 lbs and transitioned to a plant-based diet 2018 was pretty transformative in the fact that I feel the fittest I've been since ... probably ever in my...

It's day 10 since my surgery and today is the first day that I have not taken any pain medicine, which is another milestone in my recovery. Each day I feel 1...

This is my 5th day at home since returning from UVA last Saturday. Every day the pain gets a tiny bit more manageable. From last Saturday - Monday, I've been...

On December 12, Jeremy and I headed up to Charlottesville to stay with Bettina and Paula the night before the surgery. They fed us an amazing meal of citrus-...

As you are reading this, I am in ICU at the UVA hospital recovering from brain surgery (However, I wrote this post earlier in the week so all I had to do was...

December 1, 2018 Gritty, Challenging, Mucky, Bone-Chilling, Steep, Pain, Beauty, Hard-Core, Humbling. 63 finished. 42 DNF out of the 105 racers who showed up...

Finish Time: 7:41 Elevation Gained: 6,000 feet Max Elevation: 4,225 Jeremy, Huck and I meandered our way to Norton, Va on Friday, with a stop at the Little S...