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As a freelance magazine journalist, Lisa’s been published in multiple national magazines, writing features, gear reviews, athlete profiles, personal essays, training pieces, travel stories, how-to’s and more—all written with a conversational voice and with the goal of inspiring.

Her work has been seen in:

Backpacker, Climbing, Competitor, Cosmo, Details, Elevation Outdoors, Fitness, Inside Triathlon, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Mental Floss, Mountain, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Outside Buyer’s Guide, Outdoor Retailer Magazine, Real Woman, Red Bulletin, Runner's World, Shape, Skiing, Trail Runner, Triathlete, The Voice, and more. 

Lisa has been a contributing editor to Runner’s World and Yoga Journal, a special projects editor to Runner's World and Backpacker, and a special projects editor to PodiumRunner and Women's Running. She was the co-founding and managing editor of Adventure Sports magazine (2002-2005), and an editor at Trail Runner magazine (2002).  

For Runner's World, Lisa was the Baby Steps blogger (2007-2011), the Shoes & Gear blogger (2011-2012), and the Trailhead blogger and trail running microsite editor (2012-2015). She managed the family content for Backpacker (2018-2019), trail running content for Women's Running and PodiumRunner (2020-2021), and is currently writing a twice-monthly gear column for Outside. She also co-manages and writes the road and trail running shoe reviews for Outside Magazine and the Outside Buyer's Guide, and freelances for multiple national publications while also writing for non-profits.

Full recent portfolio here.