That. Was. Amazing. I have just returned from Europe where I went to coach our first Runners Connect Running Retreat in southern Portugal. (Have I mentioned lately that I love my job?) This trip was incredibly special to me because I had lived in Spain in college but I haven’t been back to Europe since […]
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Recharge Your Running with a Running Retreat
As a kid, I went to camp every summer and loved every second of it. Today, as a parent, I send my own kids to camp and hope that they come back with all the memories of fun times that I did. Maybe it’s because so many of us grown ups went to camp as […]
Run with Me This Winter in San Diego!
Raise your hand if four days running in sunny San Diego, CA in February sounds pretty great. Oh, yeah! We’ll be running along the beach, on the trails, in beautiful weather with gorgeous scenery! Along with the other Runners Connect coaches, we’ll be teaching classes on training, nutrition, strength training and more. And we’ll be […]
Not Your Kids’ Summer Camp
I have loved camp since I was seven years old. Campfires, shared meals with new friends, lots of time outdoors playing and exploring, are memories of camp that I think of fondly from my childhood. Running camp for grown ups is just as good. Maybe even better because there’s wine. Last year was my […]
“So, What Are You Training For?” and Other One-Liners
Most runners skew heavily on the introverted side. After all, we spend a lot of time logging miles on our own. And most of us like it that way. When we do get together with other also-introverted runners at the track or at a race, there can be a bit of the small-talk awkwardness that […]
Competition with Compassion
When interviewed before starting the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race last year, Kaci Lickteig was asked about the deep women’s field that she was facing. “I’m competitive with myself,” she responded in the documentary Life in a Day. “I love to have competition ’cause that brings out everybody’s best. So having this enormous group of […]
The Mind is the Athlete: Lessons from ZAP Camp
It’s written on the back of all their coffee mugs: the mind is the athlete. And right now, my mind is racing trying to absorb everything that I learned this weekend at ZAP Running camp. Strangely, I think most of what inspired me this weekend has very little to do with actual running. ZAP is […]
Catching Pokemon Catchers
I am not the type of person to play games on my phone. I’d rather read an interesting article than play a video game. So of course, I don’t know anything about Pokemon Go, the latest mobile game craze. But as an outside observer, it is fascinating and is clearly changing behavior, quite hilariously. At […]
The Power of the Tribe
When I started running in 2013, a runner friend of mine from high school messaged me and said, “you’re going to meet the most amazing friends running!” What friends? I thought. Who are these people you meet running? I ran alone and didn’t know too many other people in my town that ran. How on […]