savagemama: A little secret
27 May
I’ve got a little secret.
And no, I’m not pregnant.
I’m running the Missoula marathon.
I’ve been running with a local training group since early March but have been hesitant, until now, to come out and say I’m training for the marathon. I’ve run long runs, I’ve gotten new shoes. But until a 16 mile run up Miller Creek two weeks ago I was still riding the fence. When I crossed the creek for the final time that day and sat under the shade of an Aspen tree I decided to run the full marathon.
I can do this.
I’ve done it before.
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I am a freelance writer living at the base of the Mission Mountains in Arlee, Montana with my husband and two daughters. I write about them, growing up Southern, occasionally posing in my underwear and my love of the IRS form 1040, among other things. I write mostly nonfiction including essays and a weekly column for 



