[In the spirit of my affinity for alliteration, today s post is brought to you by the letter C .] To balance our lives we are constantly told to pay attention to our cravings, for they tell us something about what we really want. Maybe about what we really need, even if we can t admit it out [ ]
I wanted a tattoo when I was about 19 or so. I imagined it, drew it out on paper, gave way too much mental space to it. My thought was to make a wry comment on the state of existence in my little newbie-at-adulting world. It looked a little like this, kind of, but not [ ]
In 2018, I made a big deal out of my goal to run a hundred mile ultramarathon in less than 24 hours. I told everyone who stopped long enough to hear: runners, friends, family, grocery store clerks, hairdressers, baristas, toddlers, other people s pets, you name it. Would making my sub-24 loud, proud, and public hold [ ]
How a book and three months of deep work finally changed my trajectory.
The story of a UTMB DNF and the physical and mental bullshit that comes along for the ride.
When training for UTMB, the last thing you want to find out is your Achilles heel is.... your actual heel.
It’s often said, “there are two kinds of people in the world…” before humanity is bifurcated right before your very eyes, sometimes to profound hilarity. Those who get up with their alarm and those who snooze 11 times. The never-complete and the set-and-satisfied. Those who keep their curtains wide open, and those who prefer drawn [ ]
A few weeks ago I was running down a trail with a friend new to the amazing world of trail pounding. And then, they pounded. Caught a rock with their toe and landed with their ankle on another rock. Oof, and there goes a few ligaments. We got back to the car and I chastised [ ]
The tongue-in-cheek bumper stickers and t-shirts are clear: running and hiking are a direct substitute for therapy. Is this true? I d say . . . sort of. Maybe. Rarely. Here s why: if I were to categorize running as therapy, it is akin to psychoanalysis. Wait, what? Hear me out. In traditional psychoanalysis, much like running, [ ]
The 1980s had dozens of television commercials about the benefits of phone calls. They could save you a trip to a closed business, start a pep talk with a family member, or get caught up with a friend. Some were from the yellow pages companies, some were from the local phone companies. Most featured tag [ ]