WITH ONE WEEK TO GO BEFORE CHICAGO, I am officially in tapering mode, reducing effort so I can save up energy for the big event. As my coach explains it, the last couple of weeks before a marathon are about staying in condition, holding gains made during training. Pushing harder or farther right now would …
Category: Running & Cycling
Redefining Success
If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success. -- Holly Van Driel I’VE ALWAYS LOVED THAT QUOTE because you can interpret its advice in many ways. If you don’t quite reach a goal, you can be happy with what you did accomplish – the “Shoot for the stars; you might at least hit the moon” …
Gratitude
I SUPPOSE I SHOULD THANK MY CATS for helping me get in my run Sunday morning. To finish in time for church, I needed to be out the door by 7:15. But when I woke up and glanced at the bedside clock, it read 7:10. Figuring I’d missed my window, I settled back in for …
Raining? Just Run!
IT WAS RAINING WHEN I GOT TO RUNNING FIT WEDNESDAY EVENING, but that was okay. Maybe it would stop by 6:30, or maybe Coach Marie would delay the run a while. It didn’t and she didn’t, so out into the rain we went. You might think that running in the rain isn’t much fun – …
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