A journey through motherhood, running, and life.
After four years at West Point and over six years serving on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army, I have seen my share of death. The number of friends, classmates, and coworkers that have been casualties of the war on terror is too high for me to begin to count. I think [...]
After 6 years in the US Army and 3 deployments to Iraq, I have had to say goodbye to many friends, classmates, and colleagues. I’m not sure what an accurate number would be – but suffice to say it’s a lot. Too many. When you live and breathe the Army and the overseas campaigns, it’s [...]
What’s the hardest part of being deployed? This is almost always one of the first questions asked of me when I bring up my military background. As a Captain in the US Army who deployed three times to Iraq, it is a fairly easy answer: the last few weeks prior to departing the US. I would [...]
On Nov 11, 2008, I was heading out for my daily afternoon run. I was building my base for training for the 2009 Boston Marathon. I ate my pre-run snack of whole wheat bread and peanut butter about 90 min before I left. I laced up my Mizuno Wave Alchemy sneakers. I turned on my [...]
I recently found out that I was chosen to represent Staten Island in the Foot Locker 5 Borough Challenge at the 2011 NYC Marathon. Each year, 5 runners (one from each borough) are selected to participate in the challenge – they are to run the first half of the marathon together and then race against [...]
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