I am lucky enough to share one of my greatest passions with some of the most amazing people on the planet. People who can run really, really far with little to nothing on their feet, who can climb mo...
These are some serious heavy-wearing, every day minimalist shoes. In the barefoot and minimalist shoe world, we folks spend an awful lot of time talking about shoes that we wear for running. Running ...
Me and Brad and Team SquirrelWipe, at the starting line. Throughout four months of training for my first ultra marathon, I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. And even seconds before t...
I haven’t had much time to write this week because I was in NYC for work. But now I’m back and I’m exhausted, and hoping I can stuff enough hours of sleep into the days and nights l...
In just ten days, I will be standing at the starting line of my first 50K race. The question “Am I prepared?” floats around in my mind frequently, but for the last few days I have been ba...
Thank you to Kate, for writing this piece for my blog. You’re everyone’s favorite inevitable runner. I have finally realized that I am a runner. You will now be divided into two groups. T...
Photo “borrowed” from the Wallis Sands site (click photo for link). Just in case I’ve got any readers who may have somehow been lead to believe that I’m not a hack that I̵...
I am glad I took the opportunity to test the VIVOBAREFOOT" target="_blank">VIVOBA REFOOT Ultra because I wasn’t sure at first that I would like the shoe. But, much like the Transform...
Showing some INKnBURN love at the Wallis Sands half marathon Despite not being a “Left Coaster,” as Californians are often called by some of us pasty and snow-ridden New Englanders, I hav...
Hello Barefoot Runners! This year FuzzyFeet decided to sponsor TheNakedFoot5k, so that its awesomeness could be spread across the country. If you live under a rock and haven’t heard of Naked Fo...
Kathy Lavoie is one of my favorite people in the universe. Despite being chaotic, hard to catch and mostly noncommittal about everything, she is incredibly easy to love. In fact, it may be her chaoti...
This week I wrote a couple of race-related articles for Active.com. Basically they tell you how not to show your inner noob. Enjoy! Your Guide to Racing in the Heat 5 Common Pre-Race Nutrition Blunde...
A few weeks back I was invited to a small 6-hour running event happening tomorrow. It’s a 3-mile looped trail course that my friend Brad put together. It was planned specifically for people in ...
“Hey Trish, how’s the 50k training going?” The answer is….well, it’s…going. Going where, you ask? Who the hell knows! Not that I can figure out how to answer that ...
I recently read a post by Shelley Viggiano’s blog, Terrible Twos and Running Shoes, called “Pivot Point” and it made me think. Shelley has just been hired to write a book, and in he...
Your week used to consist of high mileage, complicated yoga, and explosive plyometrics. And then, cue the horror music, you became injured. You were doing everything right – saw a Doctor, reduc...
Yesterday I learned the hard, shameful way that I really don’t spend enough time running barefoot. After walking around the Boston Marathon Expo like an addict in a crack store and talking to s...
In case you didn’t hear it, that explosive sound was me giving a giant round of applause to Merrell for designing a really kick-ass minimalist trail shoe. End of review. Haha…just kidding...
Photo stolen from WIRED Magazine “I don’t run unless it’s away from something. Like…a zombie.” Such is the absolute stupidest, and most common, excuse to avoid running t...
Like running? Like beer? Then you’ll love the 6 awesome post-race beers I’ve suggested in my latest Active.com article: 6 Best Post-Race Beers
First off, I’d like you all to give me a pat on the back for finally breaking out the old DSLR camera for my review shots. Up until now I’ve been a lazy ass and have been taking pictures ...
I have had a string of observations lately that I think might be interesting to put here. Just as back story, I currently own a home in southern New Hampshire, and I work just a few miles north of Bo...
Reblogged from Vanessa Runs: Photo Credit: Luis Escobar Photographer Over the past few days, the running community has been swarmed with news of Caballo Blanco’s death (Born to Run star aka Micah Tru...
”WE are the messengers. Fueled by the message we carry. When the message is of Truth/Beauty, love, Hope and Peace, we will always have the strength to find our ways home, on this, our beautifu...
So far I have put two runs and 24 miles on my VIVOBAREFOOT" target="_blank">VIVOBA REFOOT Breathos. As you can see by the amount of dirt on them in the photos, they have been rugged miles ...
As runners we tend to cherish and memorialize milestones – pictures of our first race, the mantle especially built for our age-group awards, blogging about our first trail poop. Zazzle and Caf...
Are you a jogger, or are you a runner? Yeah, I know – you’ve heard the debate a thousand times before, so have I. But I’ve always been fascinated by how the question so thoroughly encompasses a...
Life has been a little crazy, abnormally busy and consuming lately. I haven’t had any time to write in this blog…I almost want to apologize to it for my neglect. But. While I am busy work...
It’s cold at the starting line. The sun warms the morning, but the wind penetrates my Irish-green St. Paddy’s Day t-shirt even though there are two thousand runners packed tightly on the ...
Wanna learn how to dress cool like me and my awesome runner friends? Read my latest article on Active.com: Top 5 Women’s Fashion Trends
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