Archive for July, 2012

You are living a life that leads, dear runner. And you will serve society well by stepping confidently into this role.  Whether your route takes you two miles or twenty, you are the epitome of wanting to live a healthy life. Your early morning runs and countless weekend miles show the world your dissatisfaction with the status quo, and your lack of interest...
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I wanted nothing more to run long and strong this morning. But I have kids. Two of them to be exact, and sometimes my wonderful, wouldn’t-trade-them-for-the-world little ones alter the reality I think I live in. Remember my post about what it took to run 18 miles? Anything, there is a gorgeous paved trail close to where I am...
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In 12 days I run Blood, Sweat and Beers, a 10.5 mile trail race in the American River Canyon. I’m terrified. It’s been a while since I’ve felt so under-prepared for a race. Usually I thrive on the adrenaline pumping through my body the days and weeks leading up to an event.  I hunker down...
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Oddly, when I sit quietly at a coffee shop, drinking one of my favorite drinks, people-watching, doing nothing– I feel in control of my life and destiny. The choices I am making RIGHT NOW, at this exact moment in time, write so much of my future…in both big and small ways. And this concrete...
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Early this morning, I… made coffee packed two lunches killed the biggest spider I have ever seen did a load of laundry watered the front lawn fed the dog cleaned up after the rabbit packed a third lunch looked for more spiders got ready for work got the kids to summer camp on time.. …but I did...
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The idea came to me last Saturday morning, while on a run. I had been discouraged; a trail run I had planned fell through. And I was going to use that as a test to see how prepared I was to race a brutal 10.5 trail run the end of the month. My training schedule is screwed...
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I’m learning to live in the present– away from the worry of the future, apart from the regret of the past.   In the moment, I want to live– alive, breathing in and out deeply…richly…truly… conscious of where I am…who I am…who I am with…   Focused. Intentional. Fully alive.   My yoga mat...
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