Massive waves crashed into the beach as I ran along California Highway 101 this morning. With each step I thought back to 2016 and 2017 when I lived in southern California and ran those same miles daily. While running, I stared at the horizon and reminisced on how to write a 2023 wrap-up. I’ve floated […]
Summer running tips — accepting the heatwaves
I’ve started writing this post multiple times. My initial thought was to complain about the weather and make a sarcastic list of summer running tips. Like No. 1 — just don’t do it. No. 2 — hibernate until fall. But I reached a point of acceptance in a recent boiling hot long run. I was […]
Why I will continue to run with Ahmaud Arbery
Just less than three weeks ago I laced up my shoes and went for a 2.23-mile run. Then I stopped my watch, saved the activity, and returned home for another 2.23 miles. If you know me, you know I hate running random distances. I try to stop at .02 past a mile mark (just in […]
Is it possible to become a morning person?
A glance to my right revealed the first rays of sunlight above the eastern horizon. Immediately I smiled and picked up my running pace slightly. Something about the witnessing the sun’s entrance into the day energizes me. There is a long, flat (mostly) road that runs through a future neighborhood just north of my house. […]
Making 2021 the year of the coaching cliché
The sun rises over Lake Mead during my first trail run of 2021, a year full of promise. One day at a time — my 2021 motto The words grate across my eardrums. “We just have to take it one day at a time.” It’s a phrase I’ve heard countless times. In my previous life […]
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