Posts Tagged ‘half-marathon’

The Mindful Runner

Jill Whitaker (of the amazing running blog Jill Will Run) and I were tweeting the other day about mindfulness and the “zen” of running.  I spontaneously asked her if she would write a piece on that topic for my blog, as she has some experience with running, mindfulness,  and running for a cause. Jill and her [...]

No Rose-Colored Glasses for Me, Thanks

My secret’s out: as a writer, I reflect. I’ve done this since I was a pup, probably the gangly, slobbery, falling-over-my-own-feet stage. I think about things that, after a week, most people would have forgotten about. I dwell on kernels of ideas that strike chords in my little brain. I twist and turn it around [...]

Racing My Demons

I sit here on this rainy Saturday morning, staring morosely out the window.  We’ve had a so much wet snow in the past twenty four hours that we can’t possibly run because of the slush.  My aching butt is still recovering from the fall I took on a patch of ice two weeks ago; I [...]