by Cami Ostman | Jun 6, 2022 | Race Reports, Read This, Reflections, Travel log
I traveled to Iceland with pals Lisa Dailey and Carol Frazey to participate in the Hengill Ultra. Carol and I had signed up to run the 53 kilometer race and Lisa was set to run the 10K. Once we arrived I didn’t sleep for more than a couple of hours a night...
by Cami Ostman | Oct 22, 2021 | Little Trailer on a Mountain
Many of you know I spent the pandemic RUNNING!!! In fact, by my calculations, including my 10-day 100-mile challenge in August, 2020, running an average of 40 miles per week for 12 months, the 10-day challenge in August 2021, and Ragnar, I calculate I ran 2,280 miles...
by Cami Ostman | Jul 22, 2021 | Race Reports, Reflections
So, seriously—and I’m not exaggerating—the isolation during the lockdown nearly pushed me over the edge. I followed all the rules the best I could and did my part to prevent the spread of the bug that took our known lives away from us (and hundreds of thousands of our...
by Cami Ostman | Feb 9, 2021 | Advice
By now you know, every year I choose a subject to focus on for my personal growth and read (at least) one book a month on that topic. In previous years I’ve chosen issues like “fear” and “courage” and “money.” In 2020, a year that by any standard turned out to be a...
by Cami Ostman | Oct 9, 2020 | Advice
Let’s be honest friends, we’re tired. Between Covid 19, devastating racial violence, a bizarre presidential election, and (here where I live on the west coast) smoke and fires, we are taxed and weary. First, we were told we couldn’t see each other INSIDE because of...