Tag: Reflections
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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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Week 8: Marathon Szn
38% Training Block Completed “It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.” 6/26: Recovery Run The thunderstorms of the morning sent me to the dread tready. It meant that I could sleep-in, which was very welcomed! I took my…
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Week 6: Marathon Szn
“Progress: You might not be where you want to be, but you’re not where you used to be.” 6/11: Easy runThis run was planned an easy run after my long run on Sunday. One thing I have noticed is that my recovery window after a long run needs to be longer than other days. I…
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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, v3.0 (cont.)
4/29: Level 7 – Grit Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit. Grit is powering through 6 intervals in the weirdest spring heat wave and a down pour. Today’s run (7min run, 1min walk x6) was filled with grit on many levels. I slept over 10hrs and had a complete rest day yesterday to hit…
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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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#OffSzn Gains for #MarathonSzn Games
The past 13 weeks have encompassed some sweat-wicking training and simultaneously stress-filled times. From the jetlag recovery of Japan to multiple roadtrips for caregiving while fulfilling my full-time job to healing a gnarly proximal hammy squawk with countless hours of rehab, somehow I managed to train smart and keep juggling the demands of life. There…
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10 Reflections of 2021 for Future Prosperity
“The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.” If you’ve been through a wild roller coaster year, the last thing you might want to do is to reflect upon the past. However, I do feel that there is a time and place to reflect. Your past can reshape…
Re-Energized Running 