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Being Hard Core Enough for the Trails
Comfort Zones are funny. Most of the time you don't even realize you are in yours, until you are totally immersed outside of it. The reaction is usually immediate: "Ooh, this doesn't feel normal!"...
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Reflecting on 2010
There is something awesome about street bricks outside the US (Florence, Italy) Woah. How is it 2011 already? When did that happen? To all you readers out there, Happy New Year and here's to a year...
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Out with Runner's World and in with Marathon and Beyond. I am in love. For Christmas my Mom got me a subscription to Marathon and Beyond. It is this incredible magazine (although, it reads like a book)...
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Finding Balance
Balance. There are some days when we feel that we have figured out the secret to how to balance life's challenges. But, unfortunately, most days are those when we fail miserably at balancing our lives....
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Remembering what the Unknown feels like
The red circle is around me...finishing my 1st Marathon and having no clue what would be next for me and runningTraining for this Ultramarthon has been the hardest thing I have done. There has been...
View ArticleWhy running rocks
I received this email from Comrades today. Thought it was awesome and totally what Will Run for Travel is all about. I couldn't have said it better myself. Former marathon and track runner Jesse Owens...
View ArticleMilestones
You know those moments in life where you actually recognize that once you do something you likely will never be the same person again? Graduations, Marriages, and Babies usually all fit into that...
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Comrades Part 1: Training for the unthinkable
The Aftermath of a 50K Sometimes an experience is so full of describable moments that you actually find yourself unable to find the words to begin. Perhaps you are unsure what pieces of information are...
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Grit
As we go through life...school, work, friendships, activities...there are always a certain few adjectives that just keep coming up when others are asked to describe us. "Wow, she is just so FUNNY...she...
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The Race
Running Comrades9 hours and 21 minutes. That is how long it took me to run 56 miles. That is how long it took me to change my life. Here is my story, my experience. Unfiltered, unapologetic in its...
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When you just can't Run
I'm straight up embarrassed to admit that it has been almost a full 5 months since my last post. I could try to come up with some clever way to tell you how busy I was (I was, but aren't we all?...not...
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A Good Sweat
Sweating InsideThere are a lot of things I miss about not running, but the one I miss the most…when I really dig deep…is a Good Sweat. A Sweat when you are so soaked, your shirt is sticking to you, you...
View ArticleWhen it's just not fair
I never liked the word "fair". I really never liked when people said things weren't "fair". It just seemed like people trying to push blame off onto something else...anything but themselves. In fact,...
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Choices
Life is a series of choices. People try to find a lot of excuses out there to rationalize the choices they make, as if they need to. Often times they try to pass choices onto someone or something else,...
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11 months in
I still remember waking up on New Year's morning 2012, putting on my running tights and all my gear and driving to the Blue Hills Reservation to run a long, amazing trail run. It was my New Year's...
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Thankfulness minus Facebook and Facial Hair
I'm on Facebook. I get it. For the entire month of November all my female friends have been doing this "1 thing to be Thankful for everyday" thing (I don't mean to be gender profiling, but I did an...
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365 Days without Running
I really didn't want to write this post. I was secretly hoping as the months ticked by that somehow New Years Day 2013 would not come without a Run. But, alas, it is December 31st and tomorrow WILL...
View ArticleFading memories
The mind is a beautiful thing and something I cherish every day. But, it also can be decisively cruel and healing at the same time. Painful memories eventually fade, but so do incredible ones. I wish I...
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A Comeback and a Setback
After 18 months, I was so looking forward to sharing some excellent news with you. You have no idea. Lately, my constant fear of being defined or owned by this injury has forced me to just stop writing...
View ArticleAnother 10 minutes forward
We'll keep this short and sweet. After yet another round of PRP, my PT and I tried running again. 10 minutes on the treadmill. Felt great and pain-free. I think we may be on to something here.
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Do we dare call this a trend?
A light. A real one. I've learned a lot about not getting too excited about supposed progress over the last 19 months. So, I asked myself if I even dare to call today a new trend. But, hey-- why not?...
View ArticleRecovery
Time really does fly... I look back at the last 2 years and some part of me wonders what has happened-- how is it really 2 years that have last since I ran injury-free? How has this lasted so long and...
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Reunion
I'ts April 24, 2014 and it's exactly 834 days ago that this all began. 834 days. That is a long ass time (excuse my French, but I feel like a swear word is necessary). 834 days ago I ran and my body...
View ArticleRainy runs
When you haven't done something in so long and you are finally reunited, every sensation and every moment is so much more intense. Separation makes you notice things you took for granted or didn't even...
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Water Marathons, Trifles, and Track Marks
It's been a month for the record books. Since the moment I got off the plane from the Galapagos on March 28th it's been pretty much the most jam-packed, craziest month ever. Emotionally, physically,...
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