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  • Adventure 1

    RUNNING ACROSS ICELAND: WHAT IT MEANS TO FAIL, PART 3

    TRAIL MAGIC AND THE REBIRTH OF A GOAL “Look at the sky!” she smiled, her blonde dreadlocks brushing past my face as she turned to point behind us. ...

    On February 18, 2017 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure 1

    RUNNING ACROSS ICELAND: WHAT IT MEANS TO FAIL, PART 2

    Of course I’m going to be raped and murdered within a few hours of arriving in one of the safest countries in the world, I remember thinking cynically ...

    On January 3, 2017 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure 4

    RUNNING ACROSS ICELAND: WHAT IT MEANS TO FAIL, PART 1

    There was a white tuft peeking out between tall grass on a ledge overlooking the valley, maybe 50 feet from the trail where I was plodding another descent. ...

    On December 16, 2016 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    WOMEN IN THE WOODS: HEADING OUT ON A SOLO ADVENTURE

    Hey all! I woke up this morning surrounded by fog, cold air, and with my dog bouncing around the van in anticipation of breakfast. There really is nothing ...

    On October 30, 2016 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    YOSEMITE: YOU ARE ALWAYS AND NEVER ALONE

    There was light streaking across the sky. Actually, it was fire streaking across the sky. “Something tells me we’re experiencing what the Dinosaurs did. Like, ‘Oh, look! It’s ...

    On July 31, 2016 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    YOU ARE STRONG: SMITH ROCK ASCENT 50K RACE REPORT

    This week, I’m wearing a single blue toenail on the second toe of my right foot. I don’t usually paint my toenails, but when I do, it’s apparently ...

    On May 11, 2016 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    BREAK FREE, BE PRESENT

    How often do we get stuck in to do’s, should’s, can’ts? How relieving it is to accept that we are imperfect, that our minds ramble, that we are ...

    On March 6, 2016 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    Training for an Ultramarathon: Part 1

    Sun and exposed-skin lovers rejoice: despite the east coast’s world of white, Winter is more than half over! We’re on our way towards the warmth, dampness, and blossoming ...

    On January 25, 2016 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Articles of Note

    WHY WE NEED TO STOP COMMISERATING AND START SHARING OUR STRENGTH

    Hello Ladies (& Lady Lovers)! The new URL (ThisOneWildHeart.com) is up and running, and the website backend stuff (& adventure sharing) is soon to come! Hooray! in the ...

    On December 4, 2015 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Editorial

    THE PAIN AND PROMISE OF ENDINGS

    “No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, ...

    On October 26, 2015 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Editorial

    GIVE

    Do you remember what it’s like looking through old photographs? It’s a kind of warming sensation of remembrance that fills your chest – like indiscernible emotional residue of yesteryear ...

    On March 24, 2015 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    THE ZEN OF ENDURANCE

    An active life – it’s brought me adventure, uncontainable smiling, and peeks into intimate corners of the natural world. Whether it’s running for… forever, or biking through forests, ...

    On March 17, 2015 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Running

    RUNNER’S TROTS – AVOIDING THE JOYS OF GI DISTRESS

    Ladies (& Lady-lovers) – it’s officially winter! With proper layering, riding, running, and being active outside are all amazing this time of year. Yesterday while out on a midday ...

    On December 20, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    The Triumphs (And Humiliations) of My First Ultramarathon

    Allo, Ladies & Lady-lovers! Check out my first article published over at Ravishly.com: an awesome website written by awesome Ladies! I’m so grateful to be able to contribute ...

    On October 22, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Editorial 1

    TRUSTING THE PATH

    Adrift, Ladies. Sometimes life’s circumstances leave us a solitary speck, waves carrying us on a whim whichever way they’re compelled. Not who-am-I aimless, not what-should-I-do-with-my-life confused & purposeless, not ...

    On October 14, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Articles of Note

    ARTICLES OF NOTE

    Happy holiday Monday, Ladies & Lady-lovers! Here’s your internet interestingness to launch an inquisitive week! 1) BRINGING BREAKFAST BACK The food may be delicious (scrambles and benedicts and ...

    On October 13, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Articles of Note

    ARTICLES OF NOTE

    A glorious smells-like-fall Monday to you, Ladies & Lady-lovers! Here’s your internet interestingness to start the week with open and fascinated minds 🙂 1) IN INTERNATIONAL INTERESTINGNESS: SCOTLAND ...

    On September 8, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure 2

    CONQUERING YOURSELF

    It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.   -Sir Edmund Hillary Climbing mountains, whether on two feet or two wheels, is a feat of endurance and strength ...

    On September 4, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Uncategorized

    ARTICLES OF NOTE

    Allo, lovelies! Here’s your Monday interestingness for the last week of August. Filled with bikes, gear fixing, bikes, coconut fig popsicle, and creativity:   1) HOW TO GET LAWMAKERS ...

    On August 25, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure 2

    BOOK OF THE MONTH

    Hey Ladies & Lady-Lovers! I’ve been doing quite a bit of technical reading as of late due to thesis research requirements, but I’m finding time to check out ...

    On August 22, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure

    ADVENTURE AT MOUNTAIN BIKE OREGON

    Hello Ladies & Lady-Lovers! I’m back and refreshed after tagging along on Mountain Bike Oregon this past weekend. An aside: As someone relatively new to mountain biking, I have ...

    On August 21, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Uncategorized

    ARTICLES OF NOTE

    Happy Monday, Ladies & Lady-Lovers! From a Copenhagen bicycle infrastructure innovation roundup, to electricity-free fridges and naked ladies, below you’ll find some interwebs interestingness to start out your week. ...

    On August 11, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Adventure 1

    100km TO FREEDOM

    There are myriad ways to run away from things. Shut down emotionally, move to new cities every six months, speak appeasement rather than truth, silence an incoming call, ...

    On August 8, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Backpacking

    SIMPLE NOMS

    Granola. I once relegated this patchouli staple to the bullshit pantry – it says it’s health food, but it’s really just sugary oats. Well, after years of shunning ...

    On August 7, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Uncategorized

    ARTICLES OF NOTE

    What a lovely Monday, Ladies! Here are some interesting articles to start off a wonderful week. 1) HAPPY SIMCOE DAY! In Canada, it’s a three day weekend. The occasion? ...

    On August 4, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Apartment Musts

    A LADY AT HOME: RESOURCES FOR GARDENING YEAR ROUND

    As a Lady living a simplified life, growing your own food can be a lovely life addition – another notch for your self-reliance tool belt. It’s also a ...

    On August 2, 2014 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Editorial

    LADY EDITORIAL: 3 WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS

    Wreaths tacked upon doors, grills, and fenders. Lights stranded meticulously… or haphazardly. Seasonal dustings of warmth atop tops of trees and bushes; neighboring properties swallowed in blizzards of ...

    On December 22, 2013 / By This One Wild Heart
  • Uncategorized

    COMMUTE SERIES: THE MULTI-MODAL LIFE

    Today was a brow-droplet warm, wonderfully rain jacket free morning commute via bicycle in Portland, OR. Off hours on the Broadway Bridge. ...

    On November 13, 2013 / By This One Wild Heart

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  • RUNNING ACROSS ICELAND: WHAT IT MEANS TO FAIL, PART 1

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