The loneliness of the long distance runner
The last 2 months I have had a rare break from my running solitude with Faviola Sarai Perez Igari from Mexico City living and training with me while she was here running some track races....
Running in beautiful places, unforgettable races, and random thoughts about life, family, and the pursuit of getting better with age.
The last 2 months I have had a rare break from my running solitude with Faviola Sarai Perez Igari from Mexico City living and training with me while she was here running some track races....
One time in college I was frustrated after a XC race. I was sitting alone on a curb after a meet near the hotel waiting for everyone to finish showering when my coach, Joan...
I just finished my usual solo 18 mile long run in Pebble Beach and could not help but think of one of my favorite quotes as I was running by Bill Squires, “The long...
While running at UNC- Chapel Hill many moons ago, I distinctly remember my college coach, Joan Nesbit Mabe, storming up to our team with her kids’s sand toys ready to demonstrate a point…to the men...
I love to lift weights, and have been doing something ever since college. After Liv was born, however, time constraints made it a lot tougher to get to a gym. So, now my gym...
I have a bad habit of starting my runs and just getting faster and faster. Today was long run day, and I always do it alone because not too many people want to voluntarily...
Sev has been coaching me for almost 14 years. Yikes! I can usually guess the workouts he going to do, but frankly I don’t want to know until just before if it is something on...
I always tease Sev that he is like Rainman. He remembers times and and even splits of my workout from 8 years ago. (I have my logbook to prove it!) He’ll tell me about...