Running, Clay & Rising to the Top
Running and Clay? During the difficult and messy times of COVID-19, I began to think about the similarities of training to run a race and the messy art of refining clay. You see, when clay is mined from the earth, it can include sand and dirt that has to be removed or...
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Running Motivation During the COVID-19 Lockdown
After finally being accepted to run the Boston marathon, 6 weeks from realizing this 10 yr old dream, I, along with 30k others around the globe, found out it was postponed. But then a good thing happened and I began to focus not only on why I began running but why I...
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Continued Training on a Sprained Ankle
It’s been a little over a year since I sprained my ankle and I’m happy to report that I’m still running and things are going pretty good! This post is a little about that but you can read here to see how I rehabbed quickly and then ran my best half...
read moreHealing a Knee Injury, a Marathon, and God
Often runners will give helpful advice to other runners before their big races. One piece that stands out to me is “Just remember — one foot in front of the other.” That sounds easy until you get to mile 23 and your feet don’t move like they used to and the ditch filled with dead leaves starts looking real comfy. Running is a form of discipline (or punishment) and while I’d like to think it’s self-inflicted, deep down I feel I couldn’t stop running as long as I were still able.
Running through fatigue is one thing but through an injury is quite another. During training and racing, you can expect fatigue but an injury just seems to show up out of nowhere. Injuries can be very discouraging and persistent. One of the worst I’ve had was knee pain but I found a way to beat it.
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