4 Ways to Make Anything Easy

4 Ways to Make Anything Easy

Midway through the marathon course (26.2 miles), I found myself at the top of what felt like the largest elevation increase on the course, not a BIG hill, but a hill nonetheless. Up that steady incline, I ran with Kate, a woman I met at mile 1 and waved on to run at...
Strength Follows Strength (Why I Run)

Strength Follows Strength (Why I Run)

Somewhere around mile 13, my friend Sharon asked, “Do you feel strong?” I gave up on trying to talk with her around mile 10, and when I started using hand signals (thumbs up and down), it reminded me of being in labor with my first daughter and how silent...
How to Find Perspective in a Hard Moment

How to Find Perspective in a Hard Moment

Early April and rain poured from the sky. I sat with my best friend’s husband, Jason, in his car, waiting for the rain to let up a little. From where we sat, we could see huge puddles forming, a few brave souls walking toward the start line, dripping wet. Some...