The feeling of freezing before starting because a list of reasons you created in your head on why you shouldn’t. Or the feeling when someone brings up an opportunity and your head floods with hundreds of reasons why it really wouldn't work.
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 MoreUltra-running can be a unique, tricky sport. Success at an ultra isn’t always about the place you come in, your finish time or even finishing at all. It’s about your mental and physical performance and whether you gave it your all or not.
Read MoreThis post, written by TWB runner and recent first-time BQer Jess Chen, is about changing things up and embracing a speedier summer racing schedule. The marathon gets a lot of love, but the short and fast stuff might just help you uncover your competitive fire just like it has for her.
Read MoreFrom the outside looking in, I can see how it might seem like I have to make a lot of sacrifices to fit all this in. Let’s take a little peak at how my “time consuming” hobby is not as family time consuming as people might think.
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 MoreHave you ever had a dream so big that you are afraid to say it aloud? Been so afraid that if you venture to do so, you will have to not only admit it to yourself but also make a public proclamation. Afraid that this dream is so far out of reach you might get laughed at; hell, it might even make you laugh at yourself?
Read More"...when you go running focus on the run. Be in the moment, in the mile, in the interval that you are running and don’t let all of life’s stresses intrude on that time. "
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.
Read MoreRunners spend a lot of time with their own thoughts while out training. Anxiety is also a very common problem for runners, and it’s something that I battle with quite a bit.
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