We made it through the first (and longest, in my opinion) month of 2017! It's the month that most of us start off with great ambitions to work towards our goals and may or may not fall off track somewhere along the way. Reviewing the month is a great way to see progress and make adjustment moving forward. This week's Tuesday's on the Run topic is "Give your month a letter grade". I'll do that at the end after I review ... Read the Post...
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Wind, Hills, and Lots of Yoga
I would have to sum up this past week by talking about wind, hills, and yoga. That seemed to be the consistent theme of the week. Monday morning the winds were howling so loudly that I opted to skip my run and ride the indoor bike instead. There were other points during the week where the wind sounded terrible too. I managed to schedule most of my runs around it, thankfully, because I feel like strong winds in the winter ... Read the Post...
5 January Runfessions
We made it to the last week of January! That's always exciting because this month is such a struggle. Hopefully February will fly by and then we will be turning the corner to spring. But I guess we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. Let's back up and talk about some of my recent running confessions (aka runfessions). 5 January Runfessions 1. Running Tights vs Shorts in the Winter In general I prefer running in ... Read the Post...
Using Running to Stay Grounded and Focused
This was one of those weeks that I would have run every day if I could. I know better than that at this point, but the days I ran really helped me to stay grounded and focused during a busy and stressful week. It's like somehow when I am out running I can either not think at all (which is a nice break for someone who's mind is always going a mile a minute) or I can think more clearly about problems or upcoming ... Read the Post...