Fifty and the Journey Continues!

If you read my last blog, you may wonder whether I completed my 50-mile journey before I turned 50. You didn’t read my last blog? Really? OK, for those of you who did, let’s pause a second while we wait for those who didn’t, so everyone is caught up. Here is...
50 by 50: Resetting Normal

50 by 50: Resetting Normal

I turn 50 tomorrow. While attending a Mental Toughness seminar last month, I decided to challenge myself with running 50 miles over consecutive days without any breaks between days. I asked my personal trainer, who was giving the seminar, what she thought about my...
Tuna Run: a nonstop 200 Mile Relay

Tuna Run: a nonstop 200 Mile Relay

When my friend Jerry e-mailed me asking me to join his relay team for the Tuna 200 run, I immediately thought three things: first, my trainer Jackie must have put him up to this because I would not be the first or fiftieth person he would think to ask to add to his...
The Art of Falling

The Art of Falling

Many people say that running is controlled falling. Today, I ran outside for the first time since I had my Achilles tendon reconstructed last June. It has been a long recovery, and you might think I would be excited to hit my feet on the pavement. Excited is not the...