Thoughts in Training Blogs
September 29, 2021
After I crossed, the finish line, I greeted my friends and started telling stories about all the alien abductions I saw during the run as my mind played tricks on me. Or maybe not.
August 3, 2021
Have you ever been asked, “are you happy?” It can be awkward to answer, as you must read between the […]
June 6, 2021
The 469-mile scenic route takes you and your bike between Rockfish Gap, VA and Cherokee, NC over the course of six days of moving the cranks. The route is the longest planned road in the US, with construction starting in 1935 and ending in 1987. The park was built with the intent to allow visitors to be “gorged on scenery,” with “one panorama following right on another.”
May 14, 2021
The lifecycle of the bottom of their feet made me think a lot about the lifecycle of an endurance athlete and training this time of year. I am one of many people preparing for a “big event” in the next few months. My heart, lungs and muscles are conditioned to “just flipping go” when I hit the starting line, because I have been training them for months to do this.
April 30, 2021
What comes to mind when you think of the phrase, “This is the place that I should have died?” My […]
February 26, 2021
I wake up between 3 and 5 am each day to write, as everyone is asleep and there are no […]
February 12, 2021
Since it is mid-February and the first planting of the year is upon us (here in North Carolina), it is […]
January 29, 2021
Travel has always been essential for mental health. Not like hospitals and grocery stores, but more like hugs and literature. Our desire to see new ways of looking at things and new places is hard coded into our nomadic roots. Don't let fear of rejection
January 23, 2021
To solo: to stand alone in front of others, performing, scared of failure, embracing fear, aware of the need for […]