If I want to stay injury free and have a successful racing season, I need to stop making excuses and utilize those free moments. It’s so easy to just say I’m too busy. I need to push myself in everyday life the way I push myself during ultras.
Read MoreThe simple activity of putting one foot in front of the other has not been kind to me, as every step has felt like I have a searing knife into the arch on my left foot on the good days and a burning one with loss of control of the foot on the bad.
Read MoreIt is important to look at your goals and orient your routine and approach to reflect those goals. Personal success does not come just because you are doing certain workouts. Your success will come from pushing your own limits and embracing your own improvement
Read MoreLast week, I registered for a race two days before it happened. The race – which involves a 1000 ft climb up Grandfather Mountain over the last 2-ish miles – is simply known as The Bear. And bears don’t make lists. They don’t even know how to write.
Read MoreCancer came back for my mom twice until it took her. It came back for Gabe four times. As Ben Blair put it: “Gabe did not lose. And Cancer, specifically ACC (adenoid cystic carcinoma) did not win. Cancer had to come back four times to get Gabe. FOUR TIMES. That’s not winning. That’s 1 for 4.”
Read MoreGoal for 2019 run with this Confidence again. True confidence comes from deep within. It’s a knowing that exists no matter what the world has to say about you, and it doesn’t bend or melt with pressure.
Read MoreLife is a ride we all involuntarily hop on and can’t fully control. We are all very bad at predicting our futures. But some things will always stand out in our past. Sometimes it’s important to reflect on how we got to where we are.
Read MoreBeing happy is simple we just sometimes try to make it more complicated.
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