Wuss in Boots

I’m rocking a walking boot these days and instead of writing an uplifting blog about battling back from injury and never giving up, I’m going to write about all the miserable things I’ve been through this year because of this ridiculous sport. Don’t be fooled, running is dumb. Don’t do it.   Falling down or off things This happened IN a race for me. Mile 30ish of a 100k I went left when I should have gone right, clipped my toe and ended up face-down and feet-up on the side of a cliff. I lost skin, banged up my knee and made friends with a cactus. I had to drop out of the...

Kara Henry, 2012 Mid-Season Recap

The Boulder Marathon – Painful Lessons

Early last week, I was given the opportunity to receive an elite entry into the Boulder (half or full) Marathon. Since I’m never one to pass up potential prize money (don’t judge), I naturally signed up for the half since I didn’t think I was in any way prepared to race a full marathon on only a couple days’ notice… Well fast forward to Wednesday when our Team Captain, Kenyon, shot me an email describing the potential of MORE prize money in the full. SOLD! I chose to ignore the fact that I ran a steady 30 miles that Monday and was now going to race a...

Team Alchemy Launch!

I can’t say that I’m excited to be blogging. I’ve never really seen myself as a ‘blogger’…but hey, here I am. I CAN say that I am super excited to finally launch Team Alchemy tonight at the Pearl Street Mile. We’ve been working really hard to get everything done in time for the race and our launch party afterwards. It looks like everything is finally coming together! Come by the Newton Running Lab tonight at 7:30 pm for free pizza and beer at our official launch party. You can also find Team Alchemy members leading free community group runs from the...