Sometimes we have to lose something precious in order to gain something priceless. Posted on September 30, 2012 by admin
Food is not the enemy. Unhealthy food is the enemy. Get it right. Posted on September 29, 2012 by admin
Be the kind of woman, who when your feet hit the floor in the morning, the devil says, “Oh no, she’s up.” Posted on September 27, 2012 by admin
The wear pattern on your running shoes suggests that you watch too much TV. Posted on September 26, 2012 by admin
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better, and your better is best. Posted on September 26, 2012 by admin
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into better shape. Posted on September 26, 2012 by admin
Spring is an excellent reminder that I was supposed to get in shape before Spring. Posted on September 25, 2012 by admin
Running had never been simply exercise for him. He’d reached the point where running wasn’t difficult at all; it seemed to take no more energy to jog five miles than it did to read the paper. Instead, he viewed it as a form of meditation, one of the few times he could be alone. Posted on September 24, 2012 by admin
Marathon. A footrace of 26 miles, 366 yards. A contest of endurance. The triumph of will over reason. Posted on September 24, 2012 by admin
I forgot to post on Facebook I was going to the gym. Now this whole workout was a waste of time. Posted on September 22, 2012 by admin
The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours. Posted on September 21, 2012 by admin
If you’re on the treadmill next to me, the answer is yes, we are racing. Posted on September 21, 2012 by admin
PAIN. Pain comes in all forms: the small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain, the normal pains we live with every day. Then there’s the kind of pain we can’t ignore; a level of pain so great that it blocks our everything else, makes the rest of the world fade away until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our pain is up to us. Pain. We anesthetize it, ride it out, embrace it, ignore it… And for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it. Posted on September 20, 2012 by admin
Just run. I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart. Posted on September 20, 2012 by admin
You know you run cross country when… you love that sore body feeling. Posted on September 18, 2012 by admin
Note to self: Don’t let your head give out before your legs give out. Posted on September 18, 2012 by admin
You know you run cross country when… you are freakishly good at estimating distances. Posted on September 17, 2012 by admin
Train like your stronger, fitter, evil twin is plotting to kill you. Posted on September 17, 2012 by admin
Forget the thigh gap, the collar bones, and the hip bones. Make it about health. Posted on September 16, 2012 by admin
