Posts under ‘Mental’

It’s official; I’m registered for the California International Marathon on December 5, 2010.  It’ll be my very first marathon ever!  The farthest I’ve ever run is fifteen miles, and that was over a year ago when I was training for my first Half.  I’ve even set a time goal for my first marathon; 3:40, which [...]

Sixty parts of an hour.  Lots of activities can get squeezed into sixty minutes.  I can pound out a medium-length run, dry a load of laundry, give the house a good once-over before company arrives, do a few errands while my kid is at basketball practice, get a massage, have a good sit-down dinner with [...]

My Saturday run happened on Friday.  The newspaper called for HOT again; 98 degrees.  Yesterday it took until 2 pm to get really hot; now that the front is over us, I knew it would happen a lot faster and boy, was I right. The real reason my Saturday morning run happened on Friday instead [...]

This is the first in a four-part series on motherhood and running (or running and motherhood).  This first article will look at a few different aspects of training that applies to MOMS!  Timing, the psychology of running on a schedule, setting goals and then heading out of that training run is harder than it looks.  Clothing Wear [...]

Barefoot running has gained mainstream attention due in part to  “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall.  I’ve been aware of the popularity of barefoot running and have listened to conversations from fellow runners about how “alive” their feet feel after a quick mile in the snow, but remained skeptical.  I regularly run on asphalt and trail; [...]