Over seven years ago I decided to start a blog, and though posts have been infrequent lately I am still here. I am still writing even if no one reads it. When I started this blog I was a 27 year old soon to be graduate student, a new coach, and I was training and… Continue reading 7 Years of Blogging: Reality is greater than dreaming
Category: Life
Perspective
Sometimes things don't go as planned. Sometimes when you are already fearful and already struggling things get worse before they get better. For me, this is one of those times. I was struggling with my pregnancy during the first trimester. I didn't feel well, I was overwhelmed, I was injured, and I had this nagging… Continue reading Perspective
Fragmented Gemstones
Being in New Jersey is a glimpse at everything that could have been, everything that never will be, and everything I would have lost by not leaving and letting go. Leaving home was challenging. Returning home each time is more challenging. Some things have changed, but many things have stayed the same. Any changes are… Continue reading Fragmented Gemstones
I am not an outlier
Pregnancy, for me, has always been this abstract idea. I've learned about it and appreciated it from afar. I had a very clear picture in my head for what my life would be like if I ever found myself pregnant. I imagined I would be able to carry on with life uninterrupted--that I would be… Continue reading I am not an outlier
6+ years later
The Road Less Run Blog has been a grounding source in my life the last 6+ years. I’ve documented a journey through graduate school, my experiences and struggles as a female coach, my athletic experience as a distance runner, a move across the country from New Jersey to Colorado, my experience starting a business, my… Continue reading 6+ years later
Quarantine and Marathon 2 Marathon
I am tired of Coronavirus/COVID-19. I want it to go away. I know I am not alone in this desire. Life [for everyone] has been challenging over the last few weeks. Things keep changing and there is no consistency or "normalcy" in the world. I tried to write about quarantine a few times and I… Continue reading Quarantine and Marathon 2 Marathon
2019
2019 flew by and my attempts at achieving the goals I had set for myself were half-hearted at best. I quickly realized that I was feeling very lost and uncertain if the goals I had were even still correct for me. I really did spend the entire year exploring my thoughts and plans for the future. Motivation… Continue reading 2019
The grey area
Realize that everything is black and white and you are clear The only grey is hopes and dreams that have disappeared You feel invisible You look in the mirror, nothing is there You stare and stare and stare ___________________________________________ Where did I go, what can be done? Perpetual rejection feels so unfair The hopes and… Continue reading The grey area
fall
I am feeling inspired to write right now. It's fall, it's cross-country season and it is the third cross-country season that I am spending far away from home and far away from a job I loved. This year is different though. It's full of hope and possibility and more fulfilling coaching opportunities than I've had… Continue reading fall
The Road Less Run Turns 5!
5 years later...... I am about a week late celebrating my blog's birthday. I've been so focused and consumed with marathon training the last two months that nothing else has been a high priority. Training has been going really well, but it took a nagging pain in my hamstring/groin the last two days to force… Continue reading The Road Less Run Turns 5!
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