I knew the process of reaching the end of me, processing grief would be hard. I knew it would be gut level. I knew it would dig deeper than anything I’ve ever experienced before in my life and I knew that moving to Africa would bring me to that place. But I didn’t know it…
I recently wrote a post for Velvet Ashes on the theme Warning… where I shared my moment of hitting the wall. The wall called “loss of control” and how that moment played out with tears and soft words of desperation. An End of Me moment that I will always remember. And now that I’ve hit…
Encouragement to just keep going comes in interesting packages. The lessons learned during the “just keep going” seasons are many and valuable. In one such season, Jeremy and I had the privilege of joining the TomTom France running team for the Go Sport Versailles 15K. We ran through the beautiful gardens of the Versailles Chateau…
Running encouragement is very important. You need it. There are things to tell yourself before a run. Things that you must tell yourself before you run a race or hit the trail. Any race. A Marathon, 1/2, 10K, 5K… I realized before running our marathon that so much of it is a mental battle within…
So this is the post in which a girl who hated running… really disliked any sports at all… never imagined EVER running a 5k let alone a marathon… blogs about actually running a full marathon. This is the course. 26.2 miles around Paris, France. And we were preparing to run it. Coming off a too…
I ran a half marathon. Like, running a half marathon for real. ME. That sentence is quite unbelievable for this beginner runner. Just a year ago, I ran my first 5k. I have learned to love running. I’ve been thankful for every mile pounded out on the pavement because of what it has taught me…
Ready for long distance running? Well, running tips for long runs can be hard to find and complicated for beginners. Because we are training for a marathon, we are fitting in some nice long runs and learning a lot along the way. We’ve run a few half marathons on the weekends and it has taught…
Sometimes I have to remember the reasons why we run. And I know people wonder. I was on the phone with my dad recently. I had just told him that we signed up for the Paris Marathon. 26.2 Miles of intense craziness. He said, “Why? Why are you running?” He wasn’t asking to be discouraging….
There is something about loving normal things that, for me, makes normal days and normal tasks just wonderful. I smile at simple things. Love a cup of coffee on a rainy morning. There is nothing quite so satisfying as arriving at the end of full day, scratching things off my list and knowing what is…
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