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Risen Runner

Faith-fueled endurance through daily discipline + body stewardship ✝️ ✨ 100M x 7 🏃‍♀️

06/20/2026

A couple things that crossed my mind in this moment:

1. Wow, how blessed are we to have such a clear view of Denali. So many people never see it. Thank you, Jesus. 🩵

2. In a couple days, I’ll be running the Denali Highway from Paxton to Cantwell. Pretty much running to Denali National Park. That’ll be insane.

3. That’s gotta be 100 miles from where we’re standing. It’s so far… oh, it’s only half that? I’ll pretty much be running there and back and then some. Insane. Absolutely insane. But also how freakin’ cool!?

06/02/2026

I really thought this would be the last year I’d probably run Rabid. Sometimes I feel like I’m getting kind of sick of running that loop over and over again in training and on race day 🤪

But I hate feeling like I could’ve done better - hard days aside.

So Rabid Raccoon 2027 - here I come. Who else is planning to run and what distance? 😁

Use the link below or in my bio to register 🦝 🏃🏼‍♀️

https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/BeaverFalls/RabidRaccoon100?raceRefCode=w10CVBTv

05/31/2026

Well that was miserable 🥴🤣 But I finished + that’s always my number 1 goal 🙌

I’ve run the Rabid Raccoon 100 three times now, and of those three times, there’s been NOT ONE where I have shown up in good health.

Year 1 - my first 100 miler ever. I woke up the morning of with a sore throat, finished with a fever and was sick for a few weeks following.

Year 2 - I was sick with the flu, immediately followed by a cough, for an entire month and half leading into race day. I woke up the morning of still coughing, and had a hard time out there with my stomach and DNF’d at mile 67.

And here we are at year 3. I’ve ran exactly twice in the entire month of May - one of which was Hills Creek 12 hour where I sprained my ankle and later learned I had a small chip fracture as well. Once my ankle was starting to feel good enough to run on again, I got this wicked cough 😷 that comes at least once or twice a year and lasts foreverrr. This time, it was worse though and after a few nights of not sleeping at all, I went to the doctor, who told me it’s allergies. So I’ve been on a bunch of allergy meds, but still nothing has stopped the cough. The whole week leading into Rabid, I got anywhere from 1-4 hours of sleep each night.

I probably should have just not ran it this year, but I’m stubborn and I trained for an entire year for this, you know?

So I ran it, and felt horribleeee the entire day 🤣

I actually was running fine, but I could not stop coughing, and I’d coughed so much that my airway felt restricted and my chest felt bruised. But one foot in front of the other, I kept going and found myself placed amongst the top 5-7 runners overall up until about 80 miles in I think. Then 💩 hit the fan, and I just felt absolutely dreadful all around. I think I didn’t eat enough, and was really struggling to get food in me, leaving me drained and feeling sick. The cough was taking a huge toll. I slowed down on the 6th of 8 loops hoping it would help, but I just kept feeling worse + the race turned into just finishing. I would’ve loved to have a better day, but some days are just like that 🤷‍♀️ I’m grateful for a body capable of doing hard things on hard days.