– Falling Behind –
After making a number of 2022 goals and pronouncements, I experienced an almost immediate setback. Our household had managed, up…
READ MOREMarathoner!
I am officially a marathoner! I am still processing what it means to accomplish this goal for myself. Running a…
READ MOREMarathon Training Week 15: Trust the Process
15 weeks have come and gone faster and slower than I could have imagined. I feel like my summer has…
READ MOREMarathon Training Weeks 12-14: Skipping Stones
There is a song by Jenny Owens Young, Fuck Was I. The chorus predictably is “what the fuck was I…
READ MOREMarathon Training Weeks 10-11: Feeling the Strain…
Update: This post was actually written a few weeks ago…The situation in OKC is a smidge better. With four weeks…
READ MOREMarathon Training Week 9: Sunrise
This week was an average training week. I had to sit out a few runs due to a fussy ankle.…
READ MOREMarathon Training Week 8: 18 Miles!
Two weeks ago, I had 18 daunting miles to cover on our long run. This was my longest to date.…
READ MOREMarathon Training Week 4-7: Good Vibes
Weeks 4-7 went by in a blur. Between a busy work schedule, travel, getting kids back to school, and trying…
READ MOREMarathon Training Week 3: Call me an Uber.
When I looked at it this way, the run no longer felt like a failed attempt.
READ MOREMarathon Training Week 2: The best laid plans…
I am behind in posting, but suffice it to say Week 2 did not goes as planned. Work and life…
READ MOREMarathon Training Week 1: Schedule
It has been a while since I have posted. After the half marathon, I let myself slow down a little.…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 13: New Chapter
We finished week 13 this past Sunday. We have begun the “taper.” I did not know that was a thing,…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 12: I Remember When I Lost My Mind
There is a trend on Tik Tok in which creators make videos of people thinking about dumb, ridiculous, or brave…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 11: A Shift in Perspective
First a quick stats check-in. I am about 3/4 of the way through the half marathon training program. I am…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 10: April is Not the Cruelest Month
I read T.S Eliot’s, The Waste Land, for the first time when I was a high school junior. Obviously, I…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 9: Better than a Thousand Days…
There is a song lyric from a song on my running playlist, The Ghosts of Beverly Drive that always sticks out to…
READ MOREWeek 8 Half Marathon Training: Push Up that Hill
For the most part, week 8 was pretty unremarkable. Life calmed down and things have gone almost back to normal.…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 7: The Devil Wears Hokas
Weeks 4-6 reminded me of the importance of physical and mental balance. Like most working parents, I struggle with anything…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Weeks 4 – 6: The Circus
I am a few weeks behind in posting about the half marathon training process. In February, we had terrible weather,…
READ MOREThe More You Know: 6 Things I’ve Learned about Running
No One is Judging You A general life lesson that took me a while to learn, and even longer to…
READ MOREA peacock, mongoose, and alligator walk into a…
This past week, I have had vivid dreams almost every night. The more memorable dreams have prominently featured an unexpected…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 3: Flexibility
I am not sure anyone would describe me as flexible or easy going. I like plans, processes, and clearly communicated…
READ MOREUnfavorable Situations
This week, I began reading Paulo Coelho’s latest work, The Archer. In an early scene, Tetsuya, a master archer is…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 2: A Complicated Journey
In my professional life, my writing is concise and direct. I only say what needs to be said to communicate…
READ MOREHalf Marathon Training Week 1
This is a pretty mundane post just to keep me accountable to my training. I actually wrote it last week,…
READ MORERunning in the Astral Plane
I am always amazed by people who can run without music or something playing in the background. I once had…
READ MORECome Fire, Come Water…
This will be relatively short. I am trying to get out of the house by noon for my Sunday long…
READ MOREA New Mindset
When I started this project, I envisioned writing only about running and chronicling my progress. Well, I am only on…
READ MOREHere I am.
This is not a wellness or fitness blog. I don’t know yet what it is. I hope that, in time,…
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