Category: Social Topics

  • Rochelle the Rockstar

    This is Coaching. This is Motherhood. This is true friendship. This is the awesomeness of our running community.  We show up for each other. We surprise each other and ourselves. We encourage each other to reach for new goals and no matter what they are, and how they differ from our own goals, we cheer…

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  • The Runner I’m Becoming

    I trained for my smaller races with plans from the internet and a free app that I liked. I trained for my first half marathon with a basic plan and unplanned intervals but it got the job done. I knew so little about what I didn’t know and that was fine with me because my…

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  • Do You Wear Your Race Shirts?

    Do You Wear Your Race Shirts?

    Because I almost always have to cut them into sleeveless options, the race shirts I have earned save me money on running tops going forward. Why buy extras when I’ve already paid for these?

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  • Accidental UltraMarathoner

    Accidental UltraMarathoner

    As a Mother Runner and a Coach, I have very different opinions now of what an athlete can achieve when they set their mind to it. I have heard that at any given time, you can double your achievable distance but I never believed it. When I was being talked into my first half marathon,…

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  • Parallels and Visibility

    Admittedly, I’ve spent more time in my adult years hiding than I have creating visibility and it is still often my reflex. It was not until I heard a podcast reminding us all to show up and let others see us that I truly thought about it. People may be quick to say “no one…

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  • Are You Forward Focused?

    If your current motivation to workout is an older picture of how you used to look, or a pile of old clothes that used to fit, how is that working for you?

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  • Are You Vacation Ready?

    Are You Vacation Ready?

    People may tease about staying fit enough to outrun the zombies when they take over but having a ‘moderately active’ level of fitness should not be a joke for most adults. Do you struggle to bring your groceries into the house? If your car broke down somewhere unsafe with no cell service, would you have…

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  • Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

    Mother’s Day is not a surprise event. It comes at the same time every year, just like her birthday. You have a lot of time to plan and if you forgot, I’m giving you over a week, you’re welcome. Pay attention to HER and what she likes, needs and wants. 

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  • What does success mean to you?

    What does success mean to you?

    When I was at Haas School of Business, in 2007, I have a vivid memory of what success meant to me. We were in the middle of a presentation from a gentleman explaining how he successfully launched a world famous tech company in Silicon Valley. He kept talking about what SUCCESS meant to him, repeating

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  • How Do You Show Up?

    How Do You Show Up?

    Do you show up for yourself as well as you show up for yourself? Do you find yourself searching for that elusive Motivation Bug that seldom seems to show up when you need it?

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