For a highly competitive personality, dropping out of a race is a tough call to make, even in the face of an injury negatively affecting performance. Feeling the race number pinned to my shirt and knowing there is a clock ticking creates a fierce drive to push my body to its limits in the face of adversity and the environment, regardless of my position in the lead or trying to catch the leaders. Even races…
Everyone knows, running at practically any pace helps your body in numerous ways. Whether it takes 6 minutes or 12 minutes, every mile counts. This is a hobby I have benefited from for quite some time, going on 20 consecutive years of running regularly. With this experience comes the ability to help others. The basic knowledge to answer questions regarding fitness and gear from friends and family that approach for advice.
‘The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.’ ~John Bingham The last gift Elaine Lane received from her dad before he passed away was a race entry, so there was no way she was going to skip the Bridge of the Goddess Run, his final gift to her. It didn’t matter that she was still mourning, that it was a two-hour drive in each direction for her…
I went for a short, slow run on Mother’s Day – my first in two weeks after a nasty sprained ankle and four days on crutches. I saw four other moms out with their little ones and cheerfully greeted each of them, “Happy Mother’s Day!” One of them was running along as her little guy peddled up ahead and then circled back to keep pace – she was clearly new to running and moving steadily along at…
There are more times than I’d like to admit that I’ve put off heading out for a run. I’m not one of those people that can’t wait to lace up and hit the pavement and many, MANY times I’ve had to just suck it up and go out, with zero enthusiasm. I think I might have found a way to solve that. Technically, Matt Rasmussen shared it with me, so I can’t take the credit,…
640 meters. Kind of an odd distance, just short of half a mile. Inconsequential really. Would take about a minute and thirty seconds at top speed, almost three at cruising pace. But it has a special significance to me, one I discovered very recently while mulling over the reason I run. What I discovered shocked me, and made me look at running in a new light. 640 meters.
* Usain Bolt and sprinting may be uber-popular in Jamaica, but it looks like road racing in more middle/long distances is gaining in popularity there too. Bolt doesn’t look like a distance runner but I’m guessing he could give Brian Bernier a run for his money!
