Running, Sustainability & Real Life

In my blog you’ll find pieces of my journey, reflections, lessons, and insights I hope you’ll carry with you.

mental tactics

Training Tips

How to Run By Feel Using the Effort Scale

I talk a lot about running by effort, instead of by pace, but I know that can seem kind of vague, so I’m going to break it down for you here. Let’s think about training in terms of a scale of 1-10, where 1 would be a very light jog…
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Mental Training

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…
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Mental Training

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.…
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Training Tips

The One Reminder All Runners Need

I have talked many times before about how important I believe it is to run by feel, that you should try to avoid looking at your GPS watch during workouts (and easy runs), and you should try to just listen to what your body is telling you rather than looking…
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Training Tips

7 Reasons to Make Time for Running (or Exercise) During Stressful Times

I have always heard people saying that running was their stress relief. Usually it was mother runners who had young children at home, but it seemed like stress relief was one of the main reasons people run. It was their “me” time, their time to process all the stresses in…
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Mental Training

Mental Freakouts: How to Stay Strong

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…
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