Tag: Live in the Moment
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Week 9: Marathon Szn
“Happiness is a function of reality minus expectations.” 7/2: Easy run w/ strides I woke up a bit later than usual today but I have a flexible calendar to get everything done. The sleep was needed to catapult my recovery in the right direction. The lessons of 2023 have made me re-emphasize my recovery needs.…
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Return-to-Run (cont.)
4/22: Level 4 – Resiliency Resiliency is not letting failure define you. I used to dread failure – at work, at school, in life, etc. However, in some ways, I was forced to confront my uncomfortable thoughts on failure when my skeleton kept failing again and again. Everything I did just wasn’t working. There have…
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Finding My Stride
R4R Level 8, Part 1 Tonight’s run was after a long work day. I had limited time before darkness so I skipped my locomotion warmup again. I needed to get the dog walked, my run done, eat dinner, take a shower, and get to bed. I don’t always have the most ideal schedule of life…
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“Flowers Grow From Mud”
— B. Stulberg R4R L1, Part 1Return-to-Sport was nothing but magical. My first “run” back in 16.5 weeks felt like the flower garden after a season of mud and storms. An easy, stress-free run was on the agenda for 5min WU, (1min run/3min walk) x 10, 5min CD. Truth is, I’ve been staring at this…
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Day 12 – Tips and Tricks for Japan
That’s a wrap! It’s been a fun excursion to another part of the world that I’ve never been to before, but I am ready to return home to eat some real food and adventure with RocketDog! Today I share with you my revelations about Japan – completely my own opinion. Take what you’d like from…
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Day 11 – Nomad explorations
Today, we are back in Tokyo to do a few fun things before our vacation days are gone and our pocketbooks are well-spent. We started off our morning with a gorgeous sunrise from our room overlooking Tokyo Bay and this only meant good things for the day ahead. We headed off to the Tsukiji Market,…
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Day 10 – Kyoto was 10/10!
We are nearing the end of our Japan excursion, which meant it was time to leave the beautiful town of Kyoto. I never knew what to expect in Kyoto, but it sure exceeded any expectations. I could explore this town every day and still not see everything that it has to offer. It’s a definite…
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Oh, so fine on Day 9 – Japan
Today’s adventures started around 11am as we headed by foot to the closest train stop to catch the local JR train to a part of Kyoto known as Arashiyama (northeast part of town). I was surfing TripAdvisor, which is one of my favorite go-to references for vacation excursions. It’s filled with piles of reviews and…
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Travel Time – Japan Day 7
I woke up this morning, having just run 26.7 miles (yes the course was a bit long on my watch). My skeleton is tired, but absolutely feeling grand. This is probably the best I have ever felt after a marathon. It does make me question if I gave it everything I had yesterday or if…
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It’s Go Time! – Day 6
Race Day started off with a planned 5:30am alarm, but of course my jet-lag body was moving around at 4am. I tossed and turned until deciding to get moving. Weather forecast was predicting 45-50 F with intermittent showers. No big deal! I’ve trained in every kind of weather over the last 16 weeks – except…
Re-Energized Running 