On Friday February 23rd, I carefully laid everything out I would need for my race the next day. I said goodnight to my family and tried to get some sleep, which is really hard the night before a big race. Friday night I slept pretty well, only waking up around midnight and then early at [...]
Month: February 2018
The Village…
An African Proverbs states, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together…” Race week is finally here and I’m looking forward to going far, 26.2 miles to be exact. The truth is, my journey to this race has not been a solo adventure. I have a “village” [...]
Running with Gratitude
Friday, February 2nd was 3 weeks to my next big race and I really needed to complete my long-20-mile training run. Despite the 2017-2018 winter in Northern Utah being unusually warm, the conditions the first week of February were gloomy and rainy. The forecast for Southern Utah was sunshine and 60’s so I asked my [...]
The Journey Begins
Unbroken...one word, thousands of different languages to say it in, all with the potential to have unique individual meaning to every one of us. In 2013, someone recommended I read the book, “Unbroken” by author Laura Hillenbrand. I’ve always enjoyed history and non-fiction books, so when I looked it up on Good-Reads and saw that [...]