As I prepare to say goodbye to the city I’ve called home for nearly 10 years, I’m grateful to the amazing running community in Atlanta. To honor my time and the many miles I’ve logged in this city, I want to share the best places to run in Atlanta. Whether you’re coming for a visit […] Read more
As I watched the Boston Marathon coverage Monday morning, one of the announcers started talking about how competitive running is commonly referred to as “athletics” in Europe – a term we refer to as track and field in the United States. As Kenya’s Carolina Rotich and Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba sprinted shoulder-to-shoulder down Boylston Street to […] Read more
Atlanta has been my home for nearly a decade, but it has been part of my life since childhood. Long before I moved to the peach state after college, my family and I traveled from Florida to Atlanta every Fourth of July to visit our dear family friends who live near the city. Inevitably, the […] Read more
March 15, 2006, was an exciting day. With a U-Haul trailer hitched to the back of my boyfriend’s SUV (that boyfriend was Mr. rUnladylike who became my husband 3+ years later), I followed him in my car as we drove from Tallahassee, Florida, to Atlanta, Georiga, to start a new journey. Everything was new and […] Read more
I like to think of myself as someone who doesn’t {usually} make excuses. Sure, I have those days like we all have where an hour in front of the TV or an extra 30 minutes of sleep is what I choose over running and working out. But the vast majority of the time, I make […] Read more