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After 16 years as a volunteer at Oracle State Park, I decided to also start working with the Arizona Trail Association, doing trail building and maintenance. On the 15th of September, I was with a group of volunteers led by… Continue Reading →
Alastair and I traveled to northern Utah for the Bear Lake Monster Swim, which took place on Saturday, July 13. The event is a 10K (6.2 mile) point-to-point race across the width of Bear Lake, starting at the Bear Lake… Continue Reading →
The 3rd Annual AZT Oracle Rumble took place near the town of Oracle, AZ on Saturday, January 26. This trail running event directly benefits the Arizona Trail Association (ATA), the nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect, maintain, enhance, promote… Continue Reading →
What better way to celebrate a new year than a swim in Canyon Lake, where I first fell in love with open water swimming 8 years ago. Canyon Lake is one of four reservoirs that were formed by the damming… Continue Reading →
On the first day of 2019, I led Oracle State Park’s First Day hikes. The night before, it snowed between 4-6 inches, but the park was already busy by the time Alastair and I got to the Kannally Ranch House… Continue Reading →
Updated: December 13, 2018 As I mentioned in my August 19 Swim to the Moon 10K post, a month before the swim I was experiencing pain that a physical therapist believed was tendinopathy of the pectoralis minor, commonly referred to… Continue Reading →
On Sunday, August 19, I completed my first swim of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), which according to the Marathon Swimmers Federation is the minimum distance to qualify a swim as a “marathon swim.” Swim To The Moon took place in… Continue Reading →
As part of the final preparation for my upcoming Swim to the Moon 10K in Michigan, I did a “dress rehearsal” at Parker Canyon Lake on Friday, July 27. The goal of the swim was to do a full 10K… Continue Reading →
Swimming in Lake Tahoe was on my bucket list, and completing a 2.4 mile swim as the only female finisher was beyond my wildest dreams! The race was part of Big Blue Adventure’s Sierra Open Water Swim Series, which took… Continue Reading →
Since the first of this year I’ve done 13 open water lake swims and have tracked them all with my old Garmin Forerunner 305. Sure, there are many newer GPS devices for open water swimming, but the 305 still works… Continue Reading →