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 …
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, …
One of the first old blog posts that a few of you read after I relaunched was On Running Solo. Gosh, how things have changed since then. I laugh when I say that running with The Exchange Running Collective has made me less strong but a better runner and happier person, I’m actually pretty serious. …
Friday was International Women's Day. To be honest, while I love that the world is taking on the inequality and atrocities committed against women and girls around the world, I hate that we have A DAY dedicated to it. A single day. Roughly 50% of the world is made up of women. The future of …
Progress is never linear. But it's so easy to forget that when you're in the middle of it; and forgetting that in any moment along that route usually means you end up frustrated. Frustrated leads to questioning, questioning leads to excuses, and suddenly you remember why progress is never linear. Whether it's running, your career, …
It feels like at least once a week, someone on social media comments about how the beauty of running is meeting people and running with others. For me, these comments always make me take a deep breath, and step away from my phone. There's a lot wrapped up in how and why people run, and …
At some point in 2018, I gave up a long held belief that I could do everything I wanted if I just tried hard enough or had enough motivation and dedication. It turns out, that while both of those things are important, it's also possible to still not have the right resources to make things …
For years as a teenager, and well into my 30s, I made resolutions, sometimes actual goals, but usually, ideas of things I wanted to do that year. I found it amusing each year to say that I'd go another year without picking up smoking as a habit. I'm happy to report, I've made it 38 …
As much as I remember cursing the mornings where I slept a little too late, and headed out the door for a double digit run in 80 degree heat, I can't help but wake up and have my heart broken. Every morning with bright sunshine coming up over Lake Michigan my heart longs to be …
I am spending part of my Sunday planning out my week so that I can stay focused on a goal I've set for the summer. How am I planning? Writing. It. Down. My best chance of success is to go old fashioned: writing out my goals and my plans for the week. This means writing …