An ultra doesn’t exist on a map. It comes to life on race day because of the people who bring it to life: the race director, the volunteers, the community of runners. They’re what make a two-mile loop into something special, something beyond.
Read MoreMy journey began with a shift in training: reducing running volume, adding plyometric workouts, and continuing to lift heavy weights to the point of fatigue. From August to October 2024, I followed this new structure—but I started to miss the emotional and mental benefits of long runs.
Read MoreAs runners, especially as women runners entering perimenopause, we’re no strangers to those stubborn aches and pains that creep in during training cycles. One of the most common culprits? Plantar fasciitis.
Read MoreHere are the changes I’ve noticed after three months of the Perimenopause Project.
Read MoreHow one runner is disrupting her training for a new phase of life.
Read MoreThe room shone like whiskey in a crystal glass. I thought that maybe if I stayed in this room, its glow would mellow the rigidity pinging inside me; a warm strum when I, like a too-taught guitar string, was ready to snap.
Read MoreI had three possible ways I was going to start this blog post, all pinging around my head at 4:26 AM on a Monday morning. But when I opened my “NEWSLETTER IDEAS/DRAFTS” doc a title of a past newsletter from 2021 jumped out at me: “That’s Enough. There’s More.”
Read MoreThere’s something about standing in the ocean crying (they say it's the salt) that is either poetic or cliche, maybe a bit of both.
Read MoreI’ve found one of the best ways to know yourself is through difficulty. It’s hard to get to know who you are, what you stand for, and why you believe the things you believe if you have not experienced challenge.
Read MoreThe cracks are where the light pours in, they say. Sometimes that light illuminates the thing you least want to touch. The hard and sometimes ugly truths of the way we fail each other, even when we are trying our best, even when our intentions are good.
Read MoreLessons from a drive to Vermont: I was in no hurry, but I was in a hurry. As if hurry has become a habit, squeezing out wonder, awe, and the creative call.
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