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Could your brain be the key to reaching your next running goal? Is running confidence just as important as speed workouts? According to neuropsychologist Donald Hebb’s cell assembly theory, a thought that is regularly repeated creates […]
As individuals that are committed to a healthy active lifestyle we often strive for perfection and are too hard on ourselves when we fail to measure up to high standards. As we enter the holiday […]
As the finish line nears, every muscle in your body screams for it to be over as your brain races through all the calculations from “I can’t believe I did it” to “this was horrible“. […]
The number of freaked out, hair pulling, the world is ending “it’s race week and I have pain” emails I get would shock most people…but not other runners. We know all about the niggles, the […]
The rain flying sideways was soft, but constant, never allowing me to let go, enjoy the miles and my big marathon goal. That lead to my legs chiming in with their own thoughts on how […]
Running is my meditation. I’ve said this many times when trying to convince myself that it’s ok I didn’t stick to my resolution to sit for 5 minutes a day. But I knew there was […]
Why is it that when you’re in a bad mood, people love to tell you to smile?! Something about that makes me angry and prone to punching, but that my friends is also why I […]
Running is just about one foot in front of the other most days. Until the day you ask said foot attached to a fatigued leg to hit the road for just a bit longer or […]
For the first time since I began running in 2002, I’ve been pondering a non-injury imposed running break. Not a rest day, but an actual extended period of placing my running shoes on lock down. […]
I’m kind of obsessed with the habits of elite runners. In my wildest dreams I don’t desire to compete with them. Except once in a dream where Kara, Shalane and I ran hand in hand […]
