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06 Nov 2017

Mental Training, Training Tips

06 Nov 2017

How to Use a Journal to Feel Better in Hard Times: Journalling Saved Me (Many Times!)

I post on Facebook. Runners have strava. We all have Microsoft word (or something similar). Why would I need to journal? This might seem like a post that doesn’t make sense to you. Maybe you have heard me talk about journaling before, and thought, “yeah, yeah, suuuurrreee I’ll give that…

02 Oct 2017

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02 Oct 2017

How to Set New Goals and Achieve Them as Life Changes

In a perfect world, we would be able to continue improving our whole lives. Not just in running, but in everything; our personal development, our relationships, our compassion and love. All of it. Except life doesn’t happen that way, and actually, we probably wouldn’t want it to even if we…

18 Sep 2017

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18 Sep 2017

14 Ways to Build Your Confidence as Pre-Race Anxiety Kicks In

Race season is here, which means so the season of pre race jitters and nervousness are also around in abundance. Many of you are getting ready to race over the coming weeks, and I have previously covered how to taper, giving you all the information you need to feel confident…

17 Apr 2017

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17 Apr 2017

12 Ways to Deal With Injury Depression

For many runners all over the US (and potentially the world), the Boston marathon is the pinnacle of their racing lives. Hitting a BQ is the ultimate goal. Although I have not raced the Boston Marathon (edit: I have now ran the Boston Marathon 🙂 ), when I achieved my…

27 Mar 2017

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27 Mar 2017

How to Guide: Visualization for Runners

Being back at the Raleigh Relays, a meet I cherished when I was in college, brought back lots of warm memories. I always loved this event, and it gave me a great opportunity to see not only how fast time has flown by, but how far I have come. It…

27 Feb 2017

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27 Feb 2017

7 Ways to Recover Your Confidence After a Bad Race or Run

Today I wanted to talk about something that happens way more than it “should”, but based on what I talked about last week with the way social media destroys our confidence, we think we are alone in just how often we have a bad workout or race. Recovering from a…

08 Feb 2017

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08 Feb 2017

How to Get Over the Fear of Losing Your Fitness

A struggle very close to my heart, but yet again, a struggle that is never talked about in a real way. I am going through this right now, and it sucks. I don’t even have it that bad. Firstly, if you are in the situation where you had to have…

23 Jan 2017

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23 Jan 2017

Why It’s Okay to Admit You Are Struggling

Awhile back, it came to my mind that there was a wonderful story I wrote about a few years ago about this very thing, not speaking up. Sometimes it’s hard to let go of your competitiveness when you are just trying to enjoy a run or to even make the most…

14 Dec 2016

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14 Dec 2016

How to Use Mental Bottles to Believe in Yourself

I have heard about friends dedicating the final miles to loved ones and people who helped them get there. I loved the idea of that, and I believe you should give it a try to see if it helps you, but for me, I just couldn’t get it to work.…

19 Oct 2016

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19 Oct 2016

23 Thoughts for 23 Miles

Don’t you get bored? How often have you heard that when you say that you are a runner? ALLLLLLL the time, right? What do you tell them? Well, if your response is like mine, you watch the surprise cover their face as you say, well, yeah, actually sometimes I do…..oh,…