This post is about a topsy-turvy two months. I’ve been in a funk, facing fears and experiencing exaggerated moods, but I’m reminded that peace of mind and a normal rhythm return in good time.
Archive | Training & Racing
Finding Inspiration and Tension at Bears Ears National Monument
I left here with a deeper understanding that this sacred, scenic public land is fragile and threatened. But I did not expect to find—and was pleasantly surprised to learn—about the good news coming out of this area.
Why Katie Arnold’s “Running Home” Got to Me
This is a book about the therapeutic power of running and becoming a top ultrarunner. But it’s the backstory about her family, and her personal development, that drew me in, even when chapters served as a sometimes-painful mirror of self-reflection.
I Fell For the Whiskey Basin 88K Trail Run
OK, so maybe I’m all by myself in a high-desert forest running 56 miles in a giant circle for no better reason than to order a pizza at the end, but at times out there, it feels purposeful and connected to something larger, like …. like … oh Christ I don’t know. Are you there, […]
Running For the Land, For the Wild, For the Future
I’m doing this race again less as an endurance competition, more as an opportunity to revisit and revere this region up close, and ultimately do what I can to help protect it.
How to Get Started and Get Past What Holds You Back
Why I’m thinking about parties, ropes and chainsaws—and what they have to do with procrastination, running, parenting and aging.
Why I Raced a Road Marathon Even Though I Didn’t Like It
The farther away I got from road marathoning and that PR set in 2009, the more intimidating and daunting it felt to try it again.
What Makes a Long Run Suck, and Why You Get It Done Anyway
I made a mental list of circumstances that make a long training run extra challenging. What happens when all these things conspire on the same run? Let me tell you.
Today I’m Gonna Run Like It’s 1999
A flashback sparks excitement for training and racing 20 years later. Here’s my lineup for 2019.
The Week I Started Running Again, and It Meant the World
To breathe deeply, to see the horizon clearly, to talk to old friends, to move your legs up and down a mountain—how marvelous and precious this life on earth is, the more imperiled it becomes.