As a recovering perfectionist, I do my best not to use the word perfect too often. It is unrealistic most of the time and it can be a real letdown if not achieved, which, again is usually unrealistic. To be honest, most of the “perfect” experiences I’ve had are solely happenstance, as planning for “perfect” …
Everyone talks about the Jordan Year, and they mean the year of 23. You know what? For me, that was a wild year, and there are some pieces I can remember with a lot of detail, and a lot I will never get back. Like the fact that it was the year I moved from …
Last week at speed work, one of my friends said he wanted to hear everything about my retreat experience and as I prepared to hit the start button for my next lap, I said “I cried every morning during the writing workshops, if that tells you anything”. That probably sounded as weird to him as …
Continue reading Wide Open Spaces: My Stride & Story Retreat Experience
I first posted this recipe back in 2013. As I was creating my meal plan for this week, I decided this was perfect but I needed to make some updates to it. After traveling for the Stride & Story retreat for the last several days it was a good excuse to whip up a slow …
Continue reading Healthy Recipe: Turkey, Quinoa and Butternut Squash Chili
Years ago I had a colleague who was the queen of OOO messages. They were detailed and hilarious and I started occasionally being a little more like that when I’m doing something that warrants a little more explanation. As I wrote my OOO last night I decided this was one of those and included “I’m …
Confession: I am obsessed with MacIntosh apples. So obsessed I have 4 dozen delivered to me every fall. A couple of years ago I forgot I’d already ordered them and accidentally ended up with 9 dozen. I eat a lot of them just as one eats an apple, plain and direct. But I love slicing …
Continue reading Healthy Recipe: Peanut Butter Apple Protein Oatmeal
It’s taken me six days, one stomach bug and an ER visit to even start to write this. Partially because it’s hard to be creative when you feel like trash, but also because as much as I am at peace, it’s still hard to admit that I missed a goal that was definitely within reach, …
I’ve got a lot of feelings right now. A lot of it related to the race, but as usual there are other things rolling around in my brain. This time tomorrow my race will be finished. How it goes is obviously unknown, but I know what got me here. I have put in the work, …
Prior to reviving my blog, I ran a bucket list race, SeaWheeze Half Marathon, in Vancouver with Lululemon. The race weekend was sublime. Vancouver was magical. The race itself was great, but hilly. And I missed my time goal by 75 seconds. I was disappointed but the fact that I missed my time goal but …
If you follow me on Strava you either think I’m crazy, or know that I use song lyrics to name my runs. Or both, I suppose they aren’t independent. And I don’t plan to name every blog post with a song lyric but this one felt right. The taper is a wild and wonderful thing. …