Category: Honey Stinger Hive
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Halfway Through 2026
Happy Dopey Season for all who celebrate! I’ve sadly done practically zero running or training since Dopey. I’ve been on a sabbatical to recover from a very challenging year. I thought that I’d have more time for running (or rather, that I would make more time for it). Instead, I have been prioritizing rest, seeing…
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Race recap: WDW Dopey Challenge 2026
It’s been hard to put into words the experience of Dopey 2026. My last year has been one of the roughest for me personally and professionally. I underestimated the complexities and manifestations of stress due to my mom’s suicide. A friend’s unexplained sudden death compounded these complexities in the month leading up to the race. …
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Race recap: 24 Hours of Palmer Lake 2025
Palmer Lake is honestly my favorite race all year, aside from Dopey. This is certainly one of my forever races! A local homegrown event, 24 Hours of Palmer Lake typically features favorable weather, fall colors, and an easily accessible loop trail that makes it impossible to get lost or to run out of food. There’s…
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Race recap: Disneyland Halloween Half 2025
The first race of the season came and went. I have quickly lost track of my weekly training reflections here on my blog. The little attention I have is split across so many different facets of my life – family, friends, work, grief, training, repeat. A few days before the race, we decided to renew…
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Week 5: Dopey Challenge 2026 training
It was another short training week. I ended up taking another short trip to Seattle. I flew in Sunday evening so that I could get a real dinner, some sleep, and survive an early wake up for a run. When I fly in on Monday mornings, the whole day is just so tiring, so this…
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Week 4: Dopey Challenge 2026 training
It was a short training week because I was in Seattle for work on MTW. Thursday was a complete wash because of timing, energy, and my schedule. By the end of the workday on Friday, I thought it’d be more appealing to just go home to give my brain a break from the hectic week.…
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Week 2+3: Dopey Challenge 2026 training starts now
I’ve been in a period of adjustment over the last few months: new job, new sleep schedule, new strength training schedule, and now layering in my first few weeks of Dopey training. Per usual I feel pretty behind, because I ended up having to skip some runs and workouts. I’m trying to run the mile…
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Race recap: Dopey Challenge 2025
After my mom died by suicide a little over a month before Dopey, I debated heavily whether or not to continue with my training and/or to even go for the race. She was always so supportive of my running, even if she never showed up to any races. I immediately moved back in with my…
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When I Lost My Mom to Suicide
I’ve written, erased, and rewritten this post so many times in the last four months. My mom died by suicide on November 23, 2024. She went missing around 2:30am. She took her life on International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. The day burns so vividly in my memory. The details are unnecessary to share, but…
Amara in Training 