Tag: Mind Over Matter
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Week 7: Marathon Szn
6/18: Recovery Run With the heat wave that has hit the area and my achy body from the weekend workouts, this run was intentionally planned as a recovery run with RPE 3. I over-hydrated yesterday, refueled more than adequately with plenty of carbs and proteins, slept great and napped, and disconnected from a lot of…
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Week 5: Marathon Szn
“The true height of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.” 6/4: Easy runThe run felt like mud and I had a hard time finding positivity. Not every day is filled with sunshine and butterflies, but every day is an opportunity to show…
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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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“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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Pivot and Adapt
“Embrace failure. Missteps and roadblocks are inevitable. They are an opportunity to learn and pivot with a new perspective.” Monday 6/5Supporting session day was on deck today, to the tune of a 12hr work day. My body was ready for a dropweek after cranking out 38 miles last week and that means it’s time to…
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Japan Adventure – Day 5
Saturday in Japan was supposed to be low-key so I could collect my thoughts and let my body rest up for the big race day! My husband, however, had other ideas… of walking too many places and climbing too many stairs. Our morning started off with a stroll to the supermarket to get some local…
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Japan Adventure — Day 2 + 3
Day 2’s adventure was spent getting acclimated to the new environment, after a late arrival. Customs and transportation from the airport went smooth. Everything in Japan is so orderly and filled with rules upon rules. One thing I have noticed so far is that there is no sense of “rushing” on the streets. Sometimes I…
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Rehab Revolutions, One Year Later
As I have surpassed one year of rehabbing from two bone stress injuries (July 2021), I also have reached one year of rehabbing from a benign pelvic mass (August 2021). As I look to the future on what I would like to accomplish to my high standards of satisfaction, I have reflected on how I…
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Mental Fitness In Sport and Life: Part 2 Embracing Reality
You are running down a road away from a wildfire and you are forced to make a decision: turning right is a hot blaze but its smooth passageway might be safe and turning left is a smoky mess filled with unknown obstacles. Which do you pick? Embracing reality is just that – making the best…
Re-Energized Running 