Author: Tara May

What is 200 miles? Well, depending on whom you ask, you might get a different answer. 200 miles is roughly the distance between San Francisco, CA and Reno, NV. It’s 3-4 hours by car and less than an hour by plane. It’s just shy of the total number of miles you’d cover if you were to hike from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney along the John Muir Trail. It’s also the distance that 11 people decided to run last weekend at the Born to Run Ultra Marathon in Los Olivos, CA. For what reason they ran, I’m not entirely...

Something can be your worst nightmare—the scariest thing you can ever imagine—until you’re actually going through it, and then something else has to take its place. For the past several months, my husband and I have been dealing with the possibility of our worst nightmare. Up until last week, that’s all it was; a possibility. Then, last Friday, it became a reality. We suddenly found ourselves having to reevaluate. I didn’t take it so well myself. I usually pride myself on having a tough exterior, backed up by a fairly sturdy interior. I can usually remain calm in tough...