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…
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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…
Titletown Ultra Series – 8 hours in the furnace
So I haven’t been writing. Imagine that, this blog has always been a flurry of posts. Some month’s would be great, others not so great. Yet here I am trying again. I guess that’s something I also take into other parts of my life, like running and ultra running. Sometimes I’m not the greatest at planning and executing those plans,…
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…
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…
The ultra life chose me
I didn’t choose the ultra life, the ultra life chose me. This cannot be more accurate. I haven’t run an ultra marathon since LAST October. It seems like so long ago, but in reality it wasn’t that long, time goes way to fast. When I fell into running, I didn’t plan to become an ultra runner, it…
Milton Independence Day 10k – 2016
Milton Optimists’ 34th Annual Independence Run/Walk – 2016 Oh what fun this was. I was absolutely delighted when coach Kitty sent me a text on July 2nd and asked if I was up for running the Milton 10k as a time trial. Before I could get too excited she requested that I follow her rules – FOR REAL THIS TIME.…
Her Madison Half Marathon 2016 – Race Report
I woke up early Sunday morning to raindrops, not just a few, a downpour followed by lightning and thunder. “Well,” I said to Andrew, “At least I’m not running 50 miles in this stuff…” Last fall, Door County was exactly 50 miles of this, minus the thunder and lightning. I checked for a storm delay on the Her Madison half…