Category: Training

  • Hopefully, Your Kids Make You Brave

    Hopefully, Your Kids Make You Brave

    How do you chose to show up? We love to support the women who are still willing to learn, grow and explore, whether the motivation is their children or their own desire for more. Seeing the kids experience the race, filled with sparkle, joy and a little hard work, was amazing.

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  • Finally Running By Feel

    Finally Running By Feel

    Avenue of the Giants was the race that I’ve been dreaming of forever. And because there was a marathon taking place at the same time, it was officially the first half marathon that I’ve been able to run by feel, legit party pace and have a great time. An experience that I will cherish forever…

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  • Don’t You Love Your B.O.B?

    Don’t You Love Your B.O.B?

    After joining BARC and watching all of the parents participate in races with their kids over the years, the running stroller was the only thing I absolutely knew I wanted for this baby. And when my car was stolen, it was the first thing I cared about replacing. I love having the option to run…

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  • 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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