Houston Marathon – Pre-Race Recap
The road to running a marathon is normally long and winding, full of ups and downs, highs and lows, and pretty much everything in between. My training cycle for the Houston marathon began in August,...
View ArticleHouston Marathon Race Recap
The Houston Marathon is a great race. It’s well planned and executed, and I was able to plan my race knowing what was going to be on the course. Plenty of water and Gatorade was offered every 1.5...
View ArticleMindset
In order to look forward with a clear vision, I think it’s a good idea to look back. New Year’s becomes a “thing”, picking your word of the year, resolutions, stuff like that. I like it, and I think it...
View ArticleOn The Road Again
Just can’t wait to get on the road again…. You’re singing it, aren’t you? Patience has paid off, and I still have a reservoir of patience left I will probably use up in another month, but I’m back to...
View ArticleA Pan, A Spoon, And A Whistle: NYC Marathon Recap
Warning: Picture heavy on this one. Potty-gate was over, and we could finally run the race we’d been planning on for months and months. It was hard to believe we were running this huge, beautiful...
View ArticleGoing Mental: When You Become Your Own Mean Girl
Into every training cycle, a little fear must fall. At least for me. And when it happens, sometimes it happens big. This training cycle was no different than many, especially the really big races like...
View ArticleHitting the Reset Button
I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while, not just to share it really, but as a process that writing can be. I’m actually really glad that I starting thinking about it, since I figured...
View ArticleRunning with Sherman
A few weeks ago, I finished the lovely book titled Running with Sherman. There’s a quirky little donkey on the cover, appropriately named Sherman. It was easy to fall in love with him and with this...
View ArticleJust Put A Nail In It Already
Did you know that months are approximately thirty days or about four weeks long? Did you know that October is next week (I wrote this last week)? Well, these bits of information are known to me, but...
View ArticleStuck In A Moment
Have you ever been stuck in a moment that you can’t get out of? Like the U2 song says, “You’ve got to get yourself together, you’ve got stuck in a moment, and you can’t get out of it”. Like Al Bundy,...
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