Running

You want to know how to start running again. You know there are challenges in starting over running. You haven’t gone running in over a year… maybe a few years. Your situation has changed. Your health is different. Your life has gotten crazy and busy. Your time as a runner seems over. But you miss…

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….

If you want to start running, it requires a few running helps for new runners. Running is one of those things I NEVER, NEVER thought I’d do. I don’t like to run. Well, I didn’t like to run. Now, I have this love/hate relationship with running. I’ve been running since August. Beginning with the #C25K…

A beginner runner’s journey… you are there, right? Alternately titled: Things You Should Know Before You Start Running or If You Don’t Know These Things Before You Start Running You Could Be In A Painful Heap In Just 2 Days wait… those would be way too long for blog post titles… but they would work….