Category: Training

  • Medal Monday Summer Breeze

    Medal Monday Summer Breeze

    It’s not like me to sign up for a race on short notice. In fact, I’ve never done it. I need time to prepare, check my training and overthink all of the things. I didn’t do that this time. My friends said they were driving out to a place I’ve enjoyed all of my life

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  • Trail and Long Run Therapy

    Trail and Long Run Therapy

    At one of our last races, someone held a sign that said “Therapy was an option too” and I laughed. I said, “Therapy made me cry too much!” but honestly, running makes me cry too.

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  • Lessons on the Run

    Lessons on the Run

    One of the best things about coaching for me is the conversations that come up while we workout. I learn something new from every workout just as my athletes do. Because I don’t have as much experience being coached, I use every opportunity as a learning experience for all of us. Just as when I

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  • The Every Woman’s Marathon

    The Every Woman’s Marathon

    The Every Woman’s Marathon experience was exciting beyond my wild dreams. From beginning to end, it was an experience that reminds me how tightly running winds as a string throughout our lives. The lessons, triumphs and joys that we experience through running are metaphors for those that we experience throughout our lives, and vice versa.

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  • To Support Friends

    What does it mean for you to show up for your friends? What does it mean to be brave enough to ask your friends for support? Who do you become after you watch a friend conquer her fears with grace, beauty and a steadfast resolve? I’ve written about facing my own fears before. My words

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  • Choosing Brave

    Choosing Brave

    My word for 2025 is BRAVE. I had no idea that my very first workout of the year would allow me to prove and confirm it, but I’m proud that it did.

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  • Why the Turkey Trot and Santa Runs are IMPORTANT

    Why the Turkey Trot and Santa Runs are IMPORTANT

    I adore the diversity of ages, races, sizes and pace that you see for these races. When the races are promoted by local businesses and organizations, the participants tend to look more like our local communities, as they should!

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  • Goals and Perspective

    Your goals and perspective can change by the year or by the minute. In running as in life, different encounters can open your eyes and different events can open your mind to change the path that you are on, or remind you to be more flexible in how you choose to head towards your end…

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  • 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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