Girls Gone Wildwood

Mushroom cluster at the end of our run T he last 2 weeks I have been dealing with headaches and general fatigue, so much so that I skipped the Columbia Gorge 1/2 marathon  for the first time since the race started 8 years ago. Susan had come down with a cold and an infection on one of her fingers, so we decided we would take it easy and only run 15 miles. I was just going to reuse one of our previous routes, but we only had one 15 mile route labeled and we had used it recently. I came up with moderate 15 mile route that I thought would be perfect for a mellow Sunday morning. 

Running the Oregon Coast 50k in the Saucony Bullet Capris - photo credit  Glenn Tachiyama   My current favorite running capris are the  Saucony Bullet , which I came to own by happenstance.  In March I traveled to Denver for work. If I stay in a hotel for more that a day I always hang up my clothes or put them in drawers, so I don't feel like I am living out of a suitcase, which is exactly what I did in Denver. After Denver I flew to Michigan to work from my Dad's house for a week. The first morning in Michigan I was digging through all my clothes looking for my favorite Nike trail running capris and I couldn't find them, I also couldn't find most of the running clothes I had packed for the trip. I slowly realized that I didn't grab anything out of the bottom drawer at the hotel. I called the hotel and they said they didn't find anything in my room. GRRRR!  There was no way I was going to spend a week surrounded by trails and not run. We made ...

Show Your Wild Side on the Trails Girls Gone Wildwood releases limited-edition stickers reflective of Portland’s Forest Park Portland, Ore. – Girls Gone Wildwood, a one-stop shop about the adventures of two ultra-trail runners, has released new limited edition, weather-resistant stickers. Designed after trail signs in Portland’s quintessential Forest Park, these new stickers reflect Girls Gone Wildwood’s Oregon roots, but showcase the global footprint of two dedicated outdoor enthusiasts. Be a part of a movement that celebrates women who lace up their sneakers, hit the trails and rack up hundreds of miles both at home and abroad. GirlsGoneWildwood.com was founded in 2011 by best friends Ann Wallace and Susan Kelley as a place to record all their Forest Park running routes. It is now the largest repository of running routes in Forest Park and has grown to include race reports, hiking and running routes from all over the world. The stickers...

Lake Crescent first thing in the morning Last week a good friend of mine, Wes got married at Lake Crescent , in the Olympic National Forest. The first time I went to Lake Crescent was 20 years ago, with Wes, Chris and several of our other friends. I was captured by it's beauty then as much as I am today. Though 20 years ago hiking a few miles was probably enough for me.