Tag: Running

Hennepin 100

“How can I do 30 MORE miles on these feet?”  Every step I took felt like stepping on glass in bare feet and it wasn’t just one foot. It was both. Hot, stabbing pain in the balls of both feet. I knew I couldn’t change my gait too much, especially since I had 30 miles to go. What muscle would…

Recovery and Balance

It’s been 14 weeks. 14 weeks ago I ran 100 miles. I ran for 21 hours 8 minutes and 26 seconds. 14 weeks later, I can run for only 10 minutes.   Recovering from this 100 miler has proven to be even more difficult than actually running the darn thing.  What still shocks me, is the fact that I felt…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Ultra Runing

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and ultra running: How I used CBT to run 100 miles.   I bet you’d never think that therapy for my depression would help me travel 100 miles on foot, but it did, in the most amazing way.  If you’ve run any sort of running race you know that a HUGE chunk of it is mental.  If…

Oh 2017

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…

Lessons Learned

This year I’ve faced quite a bit of failure in my running life which is something I’ve never been used to.  I feel like running has always come relatively easy to me, however the past few years have been quite turbulent.  Maybe I should reword this, running is not easy, it never has been, but for whatever reason it has…

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…

Finding my way

After Boston I felt pretty lost, I didn’t like running and I was just plain defeated.  Mostly because Boston just wasn’t what I expected.  I’ve been really good at getting into my own head in a negative way lately.  I haven’t been confident in my running like normal and it’s frustrating. Before my meeting with coach Kitty I wasn’t sure…

Boston Marathon 2016 – Race Report

First of all, I’m struggling and having a hard time writing this. I want to tell you I had an amazing trip and that the race was simply magical but only half of that sentence is true.  The trip out to Boston was a good one. I was able to spend lots of time with Andrew and Hailey.  We got…

Door County Fall 50

The Fall 50 is a 50 mile adventure that begins at the northernmost tip of Wisconsin’s peninsula and travels through scenic back roads and little towns on the Western shoreline and finishes up in Sturgeon Bay.  Runners have the option to run all 50 miles solo, in pairs, or as a 5 person relay.  I signed up last year after…