A Little Bit About Me
Hi there! I’m from a small town in The Middle of Nowhere, Wisconsin. I’ve been living in Madison for the last almost nine years and in school for the entire time! No, I’m not trying to set a world record for longest time in college. I finished a BS and an MS and in a little more than a year I’ll officially be Running Blonde, MD! Medical school is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It was a shock to go from training for triathlons and cycling races 20 hours a week to spending 80 hours a week in the library. Now that I’ve started my clinical rotations it’s finally becoming clear why it’s all been worth it. I love working with patients, kids especially. The next big step is finding a place to do my residency in pediatrics! I haven’t given up my title as running blonde altogether. I’m signed up for a half marathon in July and working on getting back into tip top running shape!
Despite spending all my time in the library or the hospital, I’ve been lucky enough to find a man who will run across the world with me. My fiancé , Pat, and I are getting married right after I finish medical school in May 2013. We’ve only been together for two years, but we’ve already sailed from Panama to Colombia, ridden in an old time convertible in Havana, Cuba and trekked in the jungles of Thailand. Our next adventure is a honeymoon in Morocco! You’ll find stories from our adventures on this blog. Luckily, he’s a photographer, so there are tons of pictures to go along with them! You can see more of his work here: http://patrickhphotography.smugmug.com.
In addition to travel stories, this blog is a place for projects that Pat and I do, things I bake and posts about planning our wedding. Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly
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Hey Kelly!!!!
Cool website! It was really nice reading about your cycling adventures! It looks like you are having a great time living large How is everything with med school going?
yours,
Ross
Hey Ross! Thanks for checking me out! Med school is hard, but I’m surviving!
Hey there you two! Looks like an adventure! You are probably getting close to leaving for the boring US of A! But your own bed will be a treat now! Still no snow…I don’t hear anyone complaining though. Give a call when you get home! Love, Me
I just stumbled across your blog. Boy are you busy!! Sounds like your doing well! Good for you! If you ever make it into Grandmas Marathon in Duluth MN I’ll come cheer you on!!
Hey Ms. M! Thanks for checking out my blog! I’ll keep the Grandma’s Marathon in mind. I’ve heard great things about it.
I just found your blog, and I love it! How much energy do you have?
Cecilia
Thank you so much! Thanks for visiting!
Hey- stumled upon your blog browsing the SDN… am also graduating med school may 2013… and am also a runner/sailor enthusiast! Was wondering about your Panama-Columbia sailing adventure… how did you organize it, what kind of boat did you sail, how many was your crew, etc. Best of luck getting the peds residency you want- you seem like a pretty outstanding medstudent so hopefully things will work out for you! And congratulations on your engagement! Also- I recently ran the Morocco Marathon De Sables… the sands are beyond breathtaking- I’m sure you’ll have an amazing time!~ Trish
Trish – You are too sweet! To sail from Panama to Colombia, the easiest thing to do is to email a hostel in Panama City and ask for help setting up a trip. Depending on the season you can usually book a trip a few weeks in advance. I was really glad we set things up in advance, especially since it was the over Christmas. There was a guy at our hostel who had waited almost two weeks for a boat to go out. This was due to bad weather too, which obviously is out of your control. It was pretty slick, we showed up in Panama and everything was already arranged. We had other passengers on the boat that we didn’t know in advance. They were all backpackers like us. A typical boat holds 8-15 people. If you have any tips on Morocco or if you have any more questions – send me an email!
Hi Kelly! Its Nalini from the Monday night macrobiotic dinner. I really enjoyed meeting you! You’re blog is beautiful. The pics are stunning – I’ll take my time browsing! Good luck on your rotation and shoot me an email if I can help you with anythign.