Why I’m Slowing Down to Speed Up Confession time: I’ve broken my own cardinal rule of fit life. I haven’t been listening to my body. In the end stretch of marathon training, my body said, I’m tired. How much longer do we have to do this? My feet said, You need to stop. My head …
How I Whitened My Sensitive Teeth Without Pain and Transformed My Nighttime Self-Care Routine As a working mom of two young kids, I can multitask with the best of them. In the 90 minutes between waking up and leaving for school/work, I can get the small humans fed and dressed and out the door, pack …
Grace, Gratitude and Grit (Literal Grit) I wrote this from my bed at 3:30 am last night after finishing my first marathon 12 hours earlier. Yes, my body was exhausted and impossibly sore but sleep just wouldn’t come yet. The rush of the runner’s high hadn’t worn off, I guess. You’ll probably see more here …
Last week was the week of marathon training where everything goes wrong or everything goes right: The week that culminates in the 20-mile long run, which is the longest distance you’ll run during training for the race. For me, it didn’t start on a high note. My Monday 5-mile run ended with me limping and …
