What does the word “Badass” mean to you.
Someone who regularly pushes past her perceived limitations in the pursuit of adventure, particularly in the alpine.
Would you consider yourself more of a hunter or a gatherer?
100% hunter, despite being 100% vegetarian.
Do you have a written out training plan?
Yes! And it is my guiding light in life. (Thank you, Joe.)
How do you add rest to your training?
Joe has a sixth sense for fatigue and usually has rest programmed in to my training exactly when I need it. But sometimes a workout, or life, will take more out of me than expected, and I’ll need an unplanned rest day. In that case, despite my instinct to push through, and my robust fear of missing training, I force myself to take the day off. To date, I have never regretted an improvised rest day.
It’s 2062, and the zombies are coming. What are your first three steps to survive?
Gather dogs, husband, weapons, and supplies. Stake out highest ground possible. Party until the zombies arrive. We’re either going to take them down or not, might as well enjoy ourselves while we wait.
What is one thing that people who look up to you would probably be surprised to know?
I used to live in Baltimore, with a pit bull named Tequila.
Who/What inspires you?
Mountain goats. They excel at almost everything I aspire to do well. More seriously, all of the barrier breaking female athletes of generations past who got society sorted such that today no one thinks twice when they see someone like me playing by herself in the wild.
How long have you been “Training?”
Not long enough. I always had a good training regimen when I was a student, but adulting is hard, and for too many of the past 10 years my training was inadequately frequent and focused. I have been back on the Training wagon for about 9 months, and it has made a profound difference in my performance and capacity for fun.
How do you promote consistency in your training?
I decide when and where I’m going to do my workout the night, if not several days, before, and commit to it, so that when the time comes, flaking out is not an option. When I know I have a lot on my plate at work, I also come up with a contingency plan. Having an amazing partner is also essential to my ability to train consistently. Even though we train in different disciplines, my husband and I work together to make sure we both get our training in, and he’s always there to pick up the slack when I need help, and he never complains when I burn a whole day trying to run up a mountain.
You’ve been given an elephant. You can’t give it away or sell it. What do you do with the elephant?
Assuming the elephant is game, we’d team up to build new trails! (Especially directional, purpose built, MTB trails.) After a hard day’s work, we’d grab beers someplace with really big barrel of peanuts.
