January 2011 Blog Posts (4)

My husband Scott and I spent 2 months in South East Asia on our honeymoon in 2007.  Our goal was to try to run in every new place we went so this is the start of that account.   

Hanoi, Vietnam, October 2007

We were in complete culture shock when we first arrived in the city.  In the cab ride over to the hotel we had booked the roads were completely packed with people on motorbikes and bicycles.  We were one of very few taxis and cars on the road.  Now…

Now reading this post, promise me one thing, you will not think I am crazy.  I admit, I may do things that no one in their right mind would volunteer, let alone love to do as I do, but still, I swear I am not.

As many of you know, Scott and I LOVE camping out in our minivan.  The past 2 winters we have been up to the mountains to go snowboarding we camped out in the minivan probably 3 weekends out of every 4.  Sure, we’ve had some cold nights.  Our record being -17 (outside) but that…

This is actually a post I submitted to another site over the summer but thought it fit well here too:

Over the weekend, I saw several things that greatly inspired me to do more

and complain less.

My husband and I were hiking mount Evens (a local 14,000 foot peak), we

are running the Leadville marathon (crazy, I know) in about 3 weeks and

needed to get some training at altitude.

Our plan was to hike up to the top…

This will be a new blog series following Lauren Jones, a runner, mountain biker and snowboarder as she adapts to the struggles and triumps of training and staying active throughout pregnancy. 

Post #1:

I will never complain of being tired again.  Period.  I never knew true tiredness until I became pregnant.  Sure, we all have those days that we kind of drag.  Days we just don't feel motivated to go to workout, go on a run or do anything for that…