It’s easy to feel helpless in this life. I’ve been stuck off and on in cycles of feeling powerless, unable to change the things I care about most. This week, I was reminded again how little I matter. Many of us watched state after state turn either blue or red on an electoral map. While each American […]
Hill repeats, why do you hurt so good?
Like many of my runs lately, I had to drag myself out the door last night. I knew my planned hill repeats weren’t going to treat me well. Even with all of my dread, I caught myself by surprise when I found a burst in the first three repeats. I warmed up eight miles of easy […]
Runsploring sometimes leads to new perspective
It’s not my word alone. I’m sure of it. Surely someone else thought to combine running and exploring to create runsploring before me. No matter. If I’m plagiarizing, sue me. (Actually don’t. Just let me know and I’ll give you the credit). As I worked my way back to my starting point on my run today, […]
I’m finally going to be Boston Strong
I tried to focus my eyes. Still half asleep at 7:15 this morning, I checked my text message from Jeff (which arrived at 5:37 a.m.). As I read his words, my eyes snapped to my blue and yellow Boston bracelet, and everything was right with the world. Nearly five years after I committed to making it […]
First California impressions: the weather lives up to the hype
I’ve been in California for 10 days. Here are my first California impressions, in no order of importance. No. 1: The weather is amazing. Who would think that San Diego, a place with average yearly temperature of less than 70 degrees, would have nice weather all 10 days so far? Of course the weather is […]
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