running
November 21, 2013
When I began this journey, my goal was to "finish a marathon." I didn't have a goal to beat a certain race time or another racer. I just wanted to finish! What happened along the way is just part of human nature. I joined Nike Plus and started comparing my average minutes/mile with others. In the half marathon race I ran during my training, I sprinted the last mile - all in an effort to BEAT a woman across the finish line. My focus shifted from trying to complete a goal to trying to WIN the race by beating the […]
November 12, 2013
On November 2, 2013, I completed my first marathon - at the ripe old age of 40. I definitely would not encourage anyone to wait until they are 40 to run their first, but I wouldn't take anything away from my experience. It was an experience that changed my life - both the race and the training I went through to get there. I learned a lot of lessons through this marathon. Over the next several blog posts, I would like to share with you some of those lessons. I don't expect most of you to ever actually run a […]