About

Filly Runner - (fl rnr) – noun – A female runner who weights at least 140 lbs (up to 150 lbs in some races). She qualifies for the Filly Division in races that offer it. There is no height requirement for the category.
Also Known As: Athena
Male equivalent: Clydesdale

About Me and this blog:
I used to be a division 1 collegiate rower. I loved my sport and was very good at it. When I stopped rowing I felt a little lost. I gained much more weight than was healthy and I developed various injuries.

I’m married to an Ultrarunner (one who runs races of greater distance than the marathon). One day while I was watchin him run a marathon, I decided that I didn’t want to always be on the sideline. So I started running again. It was painful, slow, and boy did I ever want to give up. But within a few weeks I went from barely being able to run a mile without walking, to running a 5k. A few months after that, I was running my first half marathon.

This blog is a log of the sports and activities I’m participating in while I work on getting faster, stronger, healthier and getting closer to being able to accept any physical challenge that is presented to me.

This isn’t a blog about a person who is going to win the races, this is a blog about a person who is finding success in the simple completion of the race/hike/workout.

Feel free to contact me. And visit non-running life blog, Life with the Blonde Poodle.