Day Trip to Siena + San Gimignano + Pisa

We met our tour group at 7:30am at the train station and took off for our 3-city tour. We rode in one of those large double-decker coach buses. We sat in the 2nd and 3rd rows of the top so we had some neat views of Tuscany. We’re not excited at all, neither are the…

Half Marathon in All 50 States

People that do half marathons instead of fulls like to call themselves half crazy. The fact is that paying to run 13.1 miles is still crazy. So why not embrace the crazy and run a half marathon in all 50 states?

2022 Eau Claire Half Marathon

Last weekend I ran the 2022 Eau Claire Half Marathon to check off Wisconsin! I monitored the weather a lot leading up to race day. Cloudy, rain and temperatures in the 40s. Not great race conditions and even though we’ve only been in Charleston for a month, I feel like I’ve already gotten used to…

2022 Cooper River Bridge Run

The 2022 Coper River Bridge Run was on Saturday April 2nd. The 10k race crosses the Cooper River by way of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. The bridge was rebuilt in 2005 and is the third longest cable-stayed bridges in the Western Hemisphere. Even though we just moved to Charleston the weekend before, I couldn’t…

2022 Creve Coeur St. Paddy’s 1/2 Marathon

After the Rocket City and Charleston races were cancelled, I felt like I was rolling the dice by signing up for the 2022 Creve Coeur St. Paddy’s 1/2 Marathon. However, since it’s within driving distance of Cincinnati, I wanted to squeeze it in before we move to Charleston. It helped that two other Cincinnati runner…