Sometimes when I’m confused, writing helps me figure out what is going on in my head. After my mom said we should invite my lady runner friend (her name is Jo, I learned at the race she invited to) over…
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A Fork in the Road
I met, or I guess I should say, ran into, this old lady about a year ago. We actually didn’t run into each other, but we did meet running on the bridge near my house. At first, we just nodded…
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Sometime what you’re searching for is right where you left it.
Walking is the new running. At least for me, for now. After an extended period of self-pity and depression, I dug out my big girl pants. After I washed and ironed them, however, there remained one problem. I couldn’t get…
Striving
Graceful should come naturally, not achieved after grim struggle but worn with casual chic like Audrey Hepburn donning a silk scarf. Elegance too; seemingly easy and simple—often cloaking years of sweat, pain and struggle— like Misty Copeland, dancing. Smiling,…
Tagged with: aging, Audrey Hepburn, coal-mining, Dylan Thomas, Misty Copeland
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Now Jodi….
“There’s a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die; their silence. -Ben Becht “It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them, but…
Be Extraordinary! (here’s how…)
{Use this code to get 15% the Asheville Full, Half Marathon or both: AMY2017AMAROCKS} Running more than one race in a weekend. Yes, you can do it. It’s fun, different and just the thing to shake up your running routine. …
Courage
If running was scorned, And people laughed at runners- I would still go run. In old clothes, worn shoes, I sneak out, before the birds can raise an alarm. The pre dawn dark cloaks my lonely loping figure, seeking the…
Last Things
Last things, last times. Some life events are marked by observances or ceremonies so that you remember them as being “the last.” You may recall your last day in high school or the last Christmas your kids believed in Santa. Perhaps…
Tagged with: ALS, Darcy Wakefield, Last time, Lou Gehrig's Disease, love of running
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Justifying My Love
When you say you love running, you create an immediate problem for yourself. Well, you do if make it a public statement. Chances are one of your non-running friends will–in the very near future–point out that she saw you running…
Tagged with: hard runs, love of running, Olga Bell, overcoming running difficuties, runners not smiling, Scott Simon
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Marathoner, Detroit native, Red Sox Nation member, lover of all things "all singing/all dancing" and glad you're here. Friends with Coco, Caroline and Simon (2 cats & the Eclectus Parrot).
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