One of the topics that I cover in depth in my book is making comparisons to other people. Little good comes of comparing yourself to oth...

It's comeback time! I am thrilled to be healthy and able to run again! My previous post, Running and Post-viral Fatigue Syndrome ,...

Celebrating my recovery with a beach sprint! I really wanted to title this post "Recovered!!!" but I'm hoping that this ti...

As runners strived to qualify for Boston 2017 within just days of the qualifying window closing, two rather frustrating marathon mishaps o...

I'm still dealing with this mono/post-viral illness, and I've gained some new perspective on it within My coloring the past wee...

Imagine you are finishing a race. You're pushing as hard as you can and you know you only have to endure the pain for a few more minutes...

I've come a long way in gaining mental strength over the past eight years. There was a time when I had very little of it; I didn't u...

Before I started working with my current coach, I never understood how people ran 5Ks while marathon training. 5Ks usually fall on the weeke...

I have not run for the entire month of July. I got sick on June 30 and was diagnosed with mono about two weeks later. This is not my first e...

In spite of all the struggles and mental barriers that I had to overcome to qualify for Boston, I never gave up. Even when others told me ...

The first half of 2016 was amazing: March: I set a huge PR in the half marathon despite 20 MPH winds and a torrential downpour April: I...