Travel Wallet

I just returned from a trip to the southeast. Spent time hiking, kayaking, walking through tourist towns on and near Jekyll Island. The island is located halfway between Savannah, GA and Jacksonville, FL. I was on the go the whole time and my handbag only served to take up space. I wore my handy sport wallet the entire time to store ID, $$ and lip product. Even with the heat and oncoming humidity, the wallet was not uncomfortable or create added heat. Try it on your next vacation!

Spring skiing at its finest

Sunny, clear blue sky. No wind. No crowds. Riding in on a gondola. Lots of sun-softened snow on the ground. Spring skiing on Good Friday, Apri 23. What is there not to love!

If my cat could coach me...

I've written about being thrilled to be running again, even though it as at a shockingly slow pace and little mileage. I let life, work, business,injury and long list of other stuff get in the way of my running routine. My cat on the other hand never misses an opportunity to run in and out of the house as often as possible. By the way, I'm the door opener and closer and opener and closer... The only time she ever runs fast is when going through the doorway. But she is consistent and has maintained her speed and door crossing mileage.

Nature Takes Over

Overheard bits and pieces of scuttlebutt about my favorite ski run at Crystal Mountain. There was a huge avalanche last weekend that took out MANY of the trees and left the Bear Pits, Niagaras and Left Angle ski run with a mess of avalance debris. I don't really miss Bear Pits and Niagaras but definitely mourning over Left Angle.

The cat in the sweat shop

I run my business out of my home. Which means my product inventory is here as well in a separate room which I fondly refer to as the "sweat shop". Before you start thinking that is so un-pc, the reason for the name is that the room used to be our exercise room before Wahine Sport took it over. So now this is a supposed cat-free zone. Of course, cats can't stand a closed door and while I'm loading out my stuff for the Whidbey event tomorrow, my cat sneaks in there. For some reason she doesn't respond to me trying to shoo her out. Ooooh, how can you get angry at something so cute!

Whidbey Island Marathon Expo

I'm heading up to Whidbey Island tomorrow for the marathon expo. This will be my third, possibly my 4th year there. It's a smaller event in a wonderfully scenic location. The expo is a more personal experience. I have met a lot of great runners and I'm looking forward to seeing fellow vendors that I've met there in the past. www.whidbeyislandmarathon.com

I Can Run Again!

I'm thrilled to have completed a 3 mile run this morning. Running this past month has been difficult. The backs of my legs have not been recovering quickly from the excellent downhill skiing weekends. I fretted about never feeling like running again. It will take awhile to get my mileage and (gasp) my speed back up but I'm just glad to be outside and running again.

Napping with the cat

There's nothing like a Saturday run followed by a long nap with the cat at my feet. I've been skiing every weekend this winter and I've missed the run and nap ritual. My cat told me she missed it too.