Tagged: badwater

The Mugatu 'so hot right now' meme from Zoolander, captioned 'THAT DEATH VALLEY... ...SO HOT RIGHT NOW.'

Day 22Boot / Transition

Walking on the Sun

I've been putting this off for days. But it's time to name the elephant in the room, the one thing in my running life I've never been able to quit. Badwater.…

Pain 2/10 NWB boot-transition · badwater · ultrarunning

A surreal, photoshopped gag: a pair of bare feet on a dark mat, where the ankles and shins are laced and cuffed in worn tan leather exactly like a pair of lace-up work boots, so you can't tell where foot ends and boot begins.

Day 15Early Recovery

These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

So one of the fun things about Amazon is that you can find annnnnnnnny old thing on it, and I decided to go find myself a new boot. One that presumably fit…

Pain 2/10 NWB early-recovery · boot · peptides

Selfie of a smiling woman with long blond hair, wearing a heather-gray t-shirt printed with bold black block letters reading 'EVERYTHING HURTS.'

Surgery daySurgery

The Final Countdown

3... 2... 1... it's go-time. And it feels exactly like my very first Badwater race day in 2015, and the ones I was lucky enough to run in 2016 and 2019. All of…

FWB surgery · badwater · mindset