Maybe it’s silly to reflect on another year gone, we should live everyday as a new day instead of falling into the same habits but we are only human right? Well, in 2017 I learned to let myself just BE human. It’s always a growth process. I’m part of a few running groups on Facebook one member thought it…
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DNF
DNF – Those pesky letters in that order that runners hate. They stand for Did Not Finish and that is a runner’s worst nightmare. So how come my first DNF didn’t hurt. It didn’t fill me with anger, hate and frustration. Instead it was… easy. I sat with Andrew and Will in the sun on a picnic table watching…
Lazy train
I’ve been “training” since January. I say “training” with quotation marks because this time around training has been different. I’ve never known training like this and I’m a little conflicted about it. It’s safe to say that most athletes know that training for any long distance event is a delicate balance of training and recovery, in fact it’s fair to…
Ice Age Trail 50 – 2015
“Two more up and downs and we’re there!” I said to Dean, but mostly I was telling myself. I picked Dean up around mile 32 after a tough climb out to Emma Carlin. I couldn’t run downhills anymore. “It doesn’t even matter anymore,” he replied. But it did. After the roller coaster day I had and the pain…