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I can do hard things.
“I’m sorry for all the heavy breathing. This is hard.” No DNF. No falling. No whining. With about a mile left to go in the Whiskey Basin half marathon, I was deep in the pain cave, grunting and gasping...
View ArticleI am not special.
I haven’t blogged about running in a long time, mostly because I don’t feel I’ve had the inspiration or anything worthy to share. No new distances conquered. No PRs to report. No impressive or...
View ArticleHow do you mend a broken spirit?
I’m fortunate enough to have never been diagnosed with any mental health problems (at least not yet). I suspect I have a little of this and a little of that – anxiety, disordered eating,...
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And then life said, “I now grant you patience.”
Ok, fine. It has basically been 10 weeks since I’ve gotten any decent running in. I had a short-lived false start a few weeks ago, and have been forced again to back off and take another break. I have...
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So close.
20:02. Yes, THREE seconds shy of my goal. As a few friends have pointed out, this is almost laughable because it pretty much validates my fitness, but just doesn’t result in the same satisfaction as if...
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Gaining the mental edge.
Guys. WOG is turning my world upside down, in a good way! Remember when I was convinced that joining a group wouldn’t make a difference? Well, I was wrong. At the risk of sounding arrogant and possibly...
View ArticleI Hate Running.
Facebook’s On This Day is pretty rad. Here were some of my thoughts from a year ago: I recently came across an article entitled “I Hate Running”, which resonated with me on a level I didn’t expect. It...
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Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
This past Sunday, I ran my first 5k of the season. I finished in 20:37, three seconds faster than my December 2nd attempt. Due to unforeseen illness taking over my body for three weeks, my hopes of...
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Time to fine tune.
I missed my goal last Saturday. Not by a landslide, but by enough that it’s going to take significant improvement to nail it. But hey, I can say I really went for it and I executed my plan the best I...
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Checking in.
I’m in a much better place than I was a few weeks ago, with running and with life in general. Other than lingering allergies or an actual cold, this month has been leaps and bounds better than the...
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The greedy runner plateaus.
Last Sunday, I ran the TMC Get Moving half marathon. I under-performed, big time. It humbled me. I don’t wanna sit here and make excuses or throw myself a pity party. And I don’t need to beat myself...
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My first 8k, the 7:00 wall, and running slower to race faster.
I ran my first 8k last weekend. Jim Click’s Run ‘n Roll appealed to me for 3 reasons: Fitness check-in Flat and fast course (or so I thought) Doubles as a workout for the week Going in, my goal pace...
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10k + heat + hills, oh my.
Confessions of a 10k phobic. Hi, my name is Emily and I have a 10k phobia. The first 10k I ever ran was way back in 2006 and it’s one of the only races that long ago that I still remember. And that’s...
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“Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise.”– Frank Ocean
Hmm. Humble me, yeah? Since I’ve gotten back to the track on a pretty regular basis, I’ve walked away feeling pretty satisfied most days. Today was not one of those days. For whatever reason, I didn’t...
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Race Your Way Into Shape
I tend to do this when I’m training for a shorter distance goal, apparently. I don’t know if that’s laziness or strategy. Tempo run? Why not just run a race in place of the workout? And if I can find a...
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Peeling away layers of fear.
There is no room for fear in goal chasing. For those of you who haven’t heard me ramble on about my race plans for 2017, catch up! I’m going sub-20:00 for the 5k, if it kills me. Putting longer...
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Climbing my way out of the injury gutter and making plans to conquer sub-20.
I closed out May with a solid 3 x mile workout, just in time for the sizzling summer temps to blanket Tucson for the next 5 months. But I’m a seasoned (ha!) desert dweller and runner now, so that sure...
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Ode to the 121st Boston Marathon
Because there’s no way I could describe what it was like to experience Boston, I won’t even try. Instead, I’m just going to say Thank You. Thank you to mother nature for providing a day that was,...
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Heartbreak before Heartbreak Hill.
If you’re a runner, you can’t escape the excitement that surrounds the Boston marathon. I used to be the skeptic, the one who’d say, “What’s the big deal?” And now, here I am, a week out from my first...
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A marathon training run for the books
Marathon 10 was all about firsts: running it, not racing it; using it as a way to gauge my fitness level for Boston; and crossing the finish line with my favorite human. I came to the decision to run...
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