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Starting over means redefining running success

August 9, 2016 by Brent

running success

I ran until I heard the beep of my watch counting my mile lap, took a few more steps to hit .02 past (my running OCD), and then stopped my workout. I was a mile short of my long-run goal, but it didn’t matter. Walking back to my house, I contemplated how to change what I […]

Filed Under: Running Tagged With: fitness, goals, long run, marathon training, motivation, negativity, patience, run, runner, running, Shreveport, summer, training, training plan, workouts

A running comeback needs to start somewhere

August 5, 2016 by Brent

comeback

I turned my Garmin on, and it caught a GPS signal immediately. I did some leg swings and started running with my Thursday morning group … slowly. It’s funny how quickly an every day habit comes back. Sure, I hadn’t run a step in two weeks (and I’ve missed 28 days since July 1), but […]

Filed Under: Running Tagged With: comeback, fitness, goals, marathon training, motivation, patience, run, runner, running, summer, training, training plan, workouts

Go west young man: big changes on horizon

August 2, 2016 by Brent

go west young man

Open a window to the past and look through to see 10-year-old me. I’m wearing a coonskin cap and running around hunting imaginary animals with a replica flintlock rifle. Adventurers and explorers — Kit Carson, Meriweather Lewis and William Clark, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett — are my heroes. Why did I want to be like them so badly that […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: california, change, Fleet Feet, go west young man, moving, run, runner, running, west, westward

Can’t run? Then work to win other daily battles instead

August 1, 2016 by Brent

daily battles

I reach for my phone and turn off my alarm. I know I should get out of bed and do something productive to start my day. But I don’t. Instead I go back to sleep, losing yet another of the daily battles I face. Today is day No. 11 in a row with no run. […]

Filed Under: Running Tagged With: fitness, goals, heat, motivation, negativity, patience, run, runner, running, Shreveport, summer running, training plan, workouts

Firecracker 5K redemption … sort of

July 14, 2016 by Brent

Firecracker

“Why did I want to do this?” I looked down at my watch this morning, and it showed I was 1.21 miles into the Firecracker 5K course. I was falling off pace and questioning why running the course means so much to me. After I spent my Fourth of July in bed and on medication […]

Filed Under: Race reports Tagged With: 5K, Firecracker, Firecracker 5K, fitness, goals, marathon training, motivation, race, run, runner, running, Shreveport, training, training plan, workouts

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Brent Shirley My name is Brent Shirley, and I'm a stay-at-home dad with experience writing and selling running shoes. Married to a surgeon (she's much smarter than me). Certified RRCA running coach and 11 time Boston Marathon qualifier (2015-25, although I missed the cut in 2015-16). 50 sub 4 finisher.

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