What if you stepped into a new identity, a money-saving, organized super skin that doesn’t fear taking action or taking a relationship chance? Would embracing that identity change not just your thoughts, but your habits and your character?
Changing the World, One Run at a Time
Most people don’t go for a run with the intent to change the world. You can though. I do.
Running Over My Fear
Why register? Why not just start in the middle and run as far as you feel like running? In fact, he had done just that before...
Do Ants Feel Pain?
Are ants as miserable going about their work as me when I'm running? Should I learn from them?
How to go for a run at 6AM when you hate running and you hate 6AM
Sometimes you have to lose ten pounds. And the quickest way between you today and you a few pounds lighter is a formidable cocktail of vegetables, exercise, and good sleep. Six months after the birth of my second child, I told myself I had to lose ten pounds. I’m a short person and ten pounds makes... Continue Reading →
Is this the Hill I’m Going to Quit On?
Introducing: The 17 out of 20 Rule There are long hills, there are steep hills and there are damn hills. Each is a challenge in its own way. The path I run has a section with a long low hill, followed by a steep hill. The steep hill levels off to cross a road and on... Continue Reading →
Pump Your Arms
“This is your last day,” they said and with that, I shook hands and said I would be back for my things later.
It so happened that that same scene had played out for me, with variations, at least three times in seventeen months. In almost thirty years as a professional, I had never heard of that...