What do you do when everything goes wrong early in a race? I faced that question Sunday at the Coeur d’Alene Marathon in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. My plan fell apart immediately, and I was forced to fight multiple mental battles starting in the first few miles. I learned a lot about mental toughness, however, which led […]
Elephants, fleas, futility, and self limitation
Imagine you are chained to the ground with no power to break free. You are a captive, held in place by an immovable object. How long would you struggle before accepting your fate? I can’t remember the first time I heard the story of elephant training, but I was reminded of it this past week […]
Joyful running is all about loving the daily process
As I worked on a talk for our 10K and 5K training group last week, I thought a lot about how running affects my mind. The talk focused on training your brain to run and why mental toughness is important. I can pull so many examples from my own experiences. So many times I struggled […]
Wrapping up 2016 with a PR in the San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or so the radio stations in every store I enter tell me. So why not finish 2016 with one more PR? Sunday brought just that, as I set a new PR at the San Diego Holiday Half Marathon. It wasn’t expected, which is the best kind of personal […]
Taper madness is real, and it’s terrifying
Typically, I don’t taper. I hate the mental craziness that comes along, the taper madness. I have read many blog posts from athletes tapering. Those stories normally curse the weeks directly preceding a big race. Taper madness, triggered by inactivity following weeks of intense training, includes wild food cravings, outbursts of misdirected frustration, and sometimes the […]
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