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Not Rotten to the Core The Core Lifestyle I flail about on the floor and make horrible grunting noises – at least two times a week. I did not used to have this affliction, but I have adopted it as part of my lifestyle. I think it’s a wonderful long-term investment in me. It took …
Hanging tough in the long run How do you keep from losing it mentally at the end of a long run? I was out running with a buddy in the woods a couple weekends back. We did a couple hours in the trails. As is always the case we talked a lot. Running is the …
The Secrets of Self Esteem Start at the bedrock of your life. I heard it in my words as I was talking to Rachel. The point I was trying to make was that I have long ago gotten over the body image problems I had been challenged with, especially early in life. I heard myself say, …
Into the tempo How to work with effort instead of pace on the trails. I had a few long tempo runs this week. And since I’m training for a trail race I did these tempo runs on the trails. Which brings up some interesting nuances in how to execute these workouts. When I was gunning …
What’s your two-word mission statement? What’s your two-word mantra? A couple weeks ago I had the privilege of seeing a keynote speech by Guy Kawasaki who is a well-known social media gadfly these days but made his mark as part of the original Apple team. I follow Guy on social media because he, or his …
