Mental Training

How to Use Mental Bottles to Believe in Yourself

December 14, 2016

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. But as Team Ice Cream…

Your Best IS Enough and You Will Still Be You

November 23, 2016

Mental Training

Ooof this makes me nervous. You may find time before a race where you are thinking, I can confidently say that the paper shows I am ready to race well, but at the same time, I am keeping the pressure off. It can be easy at this point to start building it up in our…

Find Your Maggie: When You Have NO Motivation

November 21, 2016

Mental Training

Have you ever has a week you just couldn’t explain as to why you were having a bad week? Well, I have had those and here is an example of one of rough weeks. A rough week, and even though I felt back to myself now, I can’t put my finger on why this happened.…

23 Thoughts for 23 Miles

October 19, 2016

Mental Training

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, and I spend a lot…

Why I Don’t Need My Therapist Anymore (Yay!)

May 25, 2016

Mental Training

Okay, I should have written this post a few weeks ago, but I have had lots of running related information to share with you, and I thought that was more important than an update on my life, but it is something I have been wanting to share and I hope it will help you if…

Mental Freakouts: How to Stay Strong

May 18, 2016

Mental Training

It is all good saying be your own best friend, love yourself, be kind to yourself, but lets face it, in that moment, it is not so easy to do that. When those voices in your mind are punishing you, what do you do then? How do you handle those moments? Do elites even have…

Be Kind To Yourself. It Will Save Your Running

May 11, 2016

Mental Training

Here is a post about my feelings I had, during a time before Bailey and when I was still training as an Elite full time. I love being able to go back and see what I went through to become who I have now. Another reason why I have found that journaling has been great…

Build the Life You Want to Live In: How Dreams Come True

April 4, 2016

Mental Training

I moved to the US in 2007. Coming up to 10+ years now. At the time, I did not know I would still be there now, although I knew I loved America from our three year stint in the adorable little city of Bloomington, IN when I was a child. We still stayed in touch…