Monday’s are usually a day I’m feeling rested and ready to go for the week. Not today. As I sat there churning out my Morning Pages, I could just see where the day was headed. The coffee tasted bitter. My mind wandering everywhere. My brain felt spongy and dull. Today was supposed to be […]
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I’ve got this thing when I’m training called “Headlamp Miles” – it’s the miles I knock out in before the sun comes up. This morning, I hit *start* on my Garmin at 4:16am today for a 10-miler. It’s not so much that I have to practice #running in the dark (though it does help […]
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I don’t know about you, but whenever I’ve got something that seems hard in front of me, I get a little anxious… ???? I worry that I’m not ready… ???? I worry that I won’t do well… ???? I worry the thing in front of me will be even tougher than I thought… This […]
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Wednesday means repeats out at Lagoon Valley Park – 1.5 miles and down, three times. I didn’t want to go out there today. The 4am alarm came early. I took forever to get out of the house then took a wrong turn driving out to the trail. No power on the uphills. No speed […]
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This is a tough week, a transition week. As of today, I’m 3.5 weeks since the Western States 100 and 3.5 weeks until my next race – the Castle Peak 100k up in Tahoe. I’ve been running and training the last two weeks, but this is the real week to get back to race […]
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