Category: Lapland

• The race continues in my dreams

  It’s funny how the race seems to continue affecting my dreams. At least that’s how I interpret it. Lots of dreams of hiking, scaling, walking endlessly, and saving lots of…

• Find me something to eat

  Add to the next-time list: low-carb was a winner. But I need to find something that will entice me to eat when I have no appetite. Adding olive oil was…

• Back of the pack

  I’m one of those people who relish being a back-of-the-pack participant. I see every run, every walk, every experience as something making me stronger. Not only for later that day,…

• Back home

  A slow walk in Central Park to try and re-equip my body to morning sun and my limbs to moving again. It actually feels really good. Desperately trying to hang…

• Gear wins (and next-time notes)

  Bonus wins of gear and training this round: Compact washcloths. Sports beans (fun AND nutrition). Dehydrated cheese. Salt tabs. Trekking poles. Gaiters! Front pack. Vibram barefoot shoes for camp and…

• A Helsinki sunrise

  I’m so tired that I can’t sleep. Up at 4:15. With a new perspective, I tried enjoying bed. Drank coffee with pillows behind me. Long shower. Listened to blues. Listened…

• What a day

  What a fucking day. Here I am in the biggest bathtub, running hot and cold water, a glass of red wine, staring at my body, which I haven’t really seen…

• Going home

  I’m afraid this will be the end of my Finland adventure for now. Bad news from home just as I was completing Stage 4. An emergency text from my husband…

• Stage 4 and the day the world changed

  Stage 4 was really something. I had my long stretches that felt like New York City streets, the ones that allow me to open up my pace, and then there…

• Stage 3

  Yesterday was a hard day. Again. Sorry for the redundancy. The capture didn’t work, so I’ll use this morning’s energy to try and get some of it down. Titles rolling…