by admin | Sep 29, 2021 | Randomness, Running
2020, you bitch. As I sit here and choke on my water, because a loud commercial just startled me, it did occur that 2020 was supposed to be my most epic race year yet. I had plans to train for the Pittsburgh half marathon and 5K Steel Challenge, the Liberty Mile, The...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jan 11, 2017 | On the Road Again, Running
Well, that was interesting. Welcome to my very first second Disney race weekend (that’s a throw back to a Muppet cassette tape I had as a child: The very first second Muppet Show cast album)! The 5K was great. I won a medal with Pluto on it and was all very...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 13, 2016 | Randomness, Running, Writing
This is not a drill. After three long years of waiting (and that’s all I’m going to say about that), my historical fiction novel, Anything You Ask of Me is finally being released in paperback on July 26, 2016! I know. I am equal parts excited and...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 4, 2016 | Randomness, Running
My dad was a runner. He ran cross country in college and, at one point, was ranked 53rd in the nation. His coach wanted him to start training for the Olympics. But, for reasons he never really explained, Dad decided not to do it. Later on, he used to joke that,...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Aug 25, 2015 | history, Running, Writing
Well, that was a weekend. Today I’m hobbling around like a 95-year-old coal miner with bad ankles. But I won a medal. Soooo, let’s journey back to Friday night, which was my very first ever book signing. And I was filled with terror, anxiety,...