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2017 was a weird year because everything changed so drastically. In some ways this has been the best year of my life and in others it has been the worst. Positive changes can have negative results and negative changes can have positive results. I've experienced both sides of this over the last year and what… Continue reading 2017: the year of ups and downs
In the last year every carefully calculated decision I've made has come with its own unique set of sacrifices and unpredictable obstacles. In the last year I've moved across the country, found a new job in a field I know nothing about, started a business, started a running club, finished all of my required graduate… Continue reading Surviving Not Thriving
Living out a dream is an emotionally charged process. The ups and downs are constant. The triumphs are short lived and failure is plentiful. The dream will actualize one day but the process will never be a dream. No one ever tells you that before you can live out your dream you have to survive… Continue reading Living out your dream is never a dream
It has been over a month since my blog turned 3 and I wrote any new posts. I enjoy blogging and writing but the last month has been hectic and blogging and writing has become a source of stress rather than a source of enjoyment. There are 2 races and an injury that I didn’t… Continue reading 2 races, an injury, blogging break & academic burnout
Hello internet! Today this blog is officially 3 years old and I have 331 posts floating around on the internet from the last 3 years of my life. I'm amazed by this and thankful that I started blogging. So much has happened in these 3 years and I love knowing that I will forever have a… Continue reading The Road Less Run turns 3!
Running has been my best friend, my worst enemy, and my main source of failure. As a long time female athlete I’ve experienced low points in my sport coupled with the crippling fear that I will never be “good enough,” and this fear that I would never be good enough wasn’t just isolated to my… Continue reading Success erases failure
Running Total miles: 121 miles Total runs: 23 Longest run: 16 miles Shortest run: 1 mile Races: 1 Hogback Hustle -My running is still inconsistent. I have no real focus or goal right now. I had thought about running a fall marathon if my summer running went well but I quickly abandoned that thought. I've… Continue reading Miles run & things I’ve done: July 2017
Mushroom Rock is a beautiful red rock trail near Carbondale with a view of Mount Sopris. There are several different trails to hike at this location. We started on the Blue Ribbon trail and then made our way to the Mushroom Rock trail before linking up with another trail and coming back down the mountain.… Continue reading Hiking Colorado: Mushroom Rock
Day meets night Visibility fades just like the light There is now more surrounding us than we can see, yet we know the existence of our surroundings to be a reality
On Saturday I finally decided to run a road race after taking about 2 months away from racing to recover from the Boston Marathon and Ragnar Zion. The Hogback Hustle is a local 5k named after the Hogback mountain range, which actually caught fire 5 days before this race. Before the race I set a… Continue reading Hogback Hustle 5K (21:23)
