Earlier this month, I was just jogging along, a few days before my birthday, reflecting on growing up and growing older. At some point, I was struck by how long I had been running, not on this particular day but in life. Sometime this past fall I had slipped quietly past my 30th running anniversary.
Running a 50k on my own forced me to confront and manage my own negative and self-defeating thoughts without that in-the-moment support from my partner that I had grown so used to, which was valuable, important, and above all, exhausting.
When I learned there was a trail going the length of Cañon de Río Lobos, I knew I wanted to run it. Luckily I got a chance early in May.
The first day of the Semana Santa (Easter) holidays, we explored ancient villages and new trails at the base of the Pyrenees.
What does it mean to have an unsuccessful hike? Running has objective measures of success and even the DNF or did not finish. But what about hiking? If you are doing a hike to a specific destination, I suppose not making it there could be considered a DNF, but you still went hiking, right?
As I mentioned last week in my winter’s lament, I have recently started training for a 50k, which is part of my goals for this year. I’m about three weeks in, just starting the fourth week, which is thankfully a down week, and I’m so incredibly full of energy. But why a 50k?
I wouldn’t particularly call myself a resolution maker because, let’s face it, most resolutions are destined to fail. But I do like to set goals, especially goals that are both flexible and have a distinct end point or time. These are my 2022 goals.
The Happy Runner by David and Megan Roche is probably the best book about running that is also about much more than running. Their outlook and messages can be broadly applied outside of running. I believe this book, especially the first half, will resonate with all who strive for anything, whether your pursuits are athletic, creative, or just living.
A few weeks ago, I completed my planned goals for the beginning of 2021. First, the Spring CMTR Scavenger Hunt, which is more or less documented on my Instagram. But the real highlight of my goals for this year was running the Cuerda Larga or, as I like to call it, 10 miles of power …
I love running with music. There have even been times that I postponed my run to charge my headphones or phone just enough to make it through the run. Pretty sad, huh? It wasn’t always this way. Once upon a time, I never ran with music. Never. In fact, not only did I not run …