I didn’t plan on running 12 miles today. But I did. I didn’t wake up at my usual 4 a.m. today. Last night I was so exhausted, I knew I had to listen to my body. It needed rest. So I slept until 6:30. I got a good eight hours of sleep. It’s the first […]
running
Because I LOVE my body, not because I hate it.
I started writing this post but it was kind of sounding like a third grader’s narrative story with a whole bunch of thoughts and details that aren’t really all that interesting or pertinent to the story really. So let me start again and be as to the point as I can be. Six years ago […]
16 Miles of Life Lessons
I’m running the Hartford Marathon in 27 days. I am not prepared. I did not train the way I wanted to or the way I should have over the summer. In fact, I hardly trained at all over the summer. I will not come close to my best time. Finishing will be a challenge. But […]
I’m Getting Stronger, And That Feels Good
I am getting my mojo back. Over the last couple years but especially this past winter I developed some serious prolapse issues which resulted in my stopping running and any other high impact activity. On February 26, 2018 I had pelvic reconstructive surgery — a hysterectomy and a bunch of other stuff to fix my […]
How did I become a runner? Like this.
A couple days ago someone wrote to me and asked me how I trained for the Boston Marathon. She wants to be able to run a race (not necessarily a marathon, but any race), but just can’t see herself being able to do it. She wanted to know if I was a runner before, if […]
Running my own race.
I started running about three years ago. I couldn’t run more than thirty seconds at a time, and it took me a good two years before I could run more than three miles without feeling like I was going to die every step of the way. Now I can run for a while and feel […]