My heart was racing a little. I had butterflies in my stomach. I couldn’t stop smiling. I kept asking my friends around me: Is it almost time yet? My family and friends were clapping and cheering. I was on a total high. It wasn’t marathon race day. It was my wedding day. Six years ago […] Read more
Since moving from Atlanta to Tampa in May, I’ve become an obsessive compulsive complainer about the weather. In a not-so-good-shut-the-eff-up sort of way. I talk a lot to my fellow runners and coaching clients about focusing on “the controllables” when it comes to running. Because there are so many factors outside of our control during […] Read more
I admit it. I’m a rule breaker. A running violator. An embarrassment to runners and coaches everywhere. That’s right. I’ve been running around in the same half a dozen sports bras for the past 10 years. Crappy sports bras that barely get the job done. Sports bras that chafe my breast bone despite dollops of […] Read more
“Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” Steve Klaka I always say that if you want to meet new friends and find an incredible community, just join a running group. It never ceases to amaze me how runners who are at first strangers instantly become like friends thanks to the connection and bond of running. […] Read more
I was going on 10 straight hours of staring at my computer screen and tapping away on my keyboard, still dressed in the same outfit I woke up in {not my proudest moment, ok?}. My brain had just about enough emails, non-stop conference calls and thinking for one day. When my eyes finally darted to the the clock […] Read more