Running is an art and a science. At the core, running is about the things we can’t always see: joy, empowerment, relationships, spirituality, mental toughness. Of course, it’s also about all those technical things we obsess over too, like Garmin data, tangents, biomechanics, wicking fabrics, intervals, pacing, injury prevention techniques, elevation, heart rate, shoes, fueling, […] Read more
Running is an individual sport. No one can do the work for us. And yet, the impact others can have on our abilities is truly profound. When people ask me what I love about running, my answer is always the community. Within this community, I have found my greatest strength. What I can do alongside […] Read more
Every time a running company updates its shoes, you can hear a collective gasp from runners everywhere. *Please, please, please don’t do anything that will prevent my favorite shoe from working for me!* While I’m all for innovation, it feels like shoe updates are coming faster and faster these days. Sometimes, I only go through two […] Read more
In 2018, my daughter and I are on a mission to spread kindness throughout our community and world as part of our 12 Months of Kindness Project. Each month, we select a charity or activity that makes where we live a better place. Our acts of kindness may be small, but many small actions combined […] Read more
It’s funny how a simple phrase, a powerful quote or a song lyric can stop us in our tracks. How is it that someone we don’t even know can capture exactly what we’re feeling in a completely different context? As I finished my first full month of training last week, the words of Vincent van […] Read more