Different cultures have various way to commemorate coming of age. Jewish tradition has bar or bat mitzvah's; Hispanics have quinceanera and on Vanuatu in the South Pacific, they have modified bungee jumping. Last year was my 40th Birthday and Chelsie turned 18. In an effort to commemorate the privilege of hitting these milestones, we decided on [...]
When life gets crazy and I start to feel stressed, running often becomes therapy for me, providing the opportunity to process intense emotions. Some days I run happy and full of gratitude; other days I run sick, tired, mad, frustrated and emotionally drained or confused. I usually run 6 days a week unless Coach Paul [...]
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of sharing a little more of my journey with Josh Hansen, a local Utah runner and facilitator of The Runcast. Josh does a great job of bringing local athletes together to share common goals, and celebrate each other's success. You can read a little more [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Running on Resilience 