“Love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” I want to love what I do, I’ve been struggling lately on figuring out what my “purpose” in life is and how I need to get there. I feel like I’ve been lazy recently and need to find a way to…
January brings out two types of people, those that see a new year as a chance to make changes or resolutions and those that don’t make resolutions but hope to make changes to their lives throughout the year. I’m a bit in both camps. I love January as a way to say good-bye to all…
Good news, I finished! There were times during the run that I doubted that would happen, even less then .5 mile to go — I did want to stop running. I think I could have used another two months of training to feel better about my run. However, I don’t think I’d have used…
I’m days away (I could even start counting the hours), from the start of the marathon. I have the “I haven’t run enough” taper week anxiety. Today was my last easy run until the big day. I did speak with a good running friend last night and he gave me some good advice, “Don’t…
I’m now two weeks before my marathon, and I’m not confident that I’ve done all I can to finish strong. I’m in the taper weeks and I’m still having a few “bad” runs for every “good” run. All I think about is what I’ll feel like at mile 16, 18, 20, 26? Will I…
This past weekend was the Bourbon Chase relay. I’ve participated in several relays — Ragnar Road Relays, Ragnar Trail and the Hood to Coast relay. I have to say, the Bourbon Chase relay was by far and away the best relay I’ve done to date. I would even say it’s one of the best…