Experience Life

Oftentimes we get caught up in what we believe is truth, without ever fully comprehending it.  We prevent ourselves from experiencing exciting new things out of fear.  We do this because of perception.  We forget that it’s all conjecture and sometimes, unfortunately, we avoid the experience altogether.  I did that with running, until I ran

Get Busy Running or Get Busy Standing

One of the most memorable movie lines of all time, at least to me, is from The Shawshank Redemption when Andy says to Red, “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really.  Get busy living or get busy dying.”  I remember when I first heard it I thought, “Wow, that really is a

Run The World

People often try to separate themselves from the world, but I think it’s imperative that we become an integral part of it.  Let the world happen around you and then find a way to merge yourself into it.  The problem is that the world can exist without us, but we can’t exist without the world. 

Beginning Runner: Run to Live

If you were to ask me if I enjoyed running every day, I would say no.  I would want to say yes.  I would even feel the need to say yes.  But, I would be lying.  Running isn’t always enjoyable, but, then again, neither is life.  There are good days and there bad days, but

The Marathon of Love

It has been a while since I have written a blog, but I promise the excuse is completely understandable.  We were in training for a marathon – only, it was a special marathon.  It was the marathon of planning a wedding.  It was a time when the finish line was always in sight, but we

Fearing Our First Full Marathon

We finished our last long run on Sunday and I can’t say that we feel any more confident about running our first full marathon than the day we signed up.  I know that we will never really feel ready, but we at least want to feel some sense of confidence, even if it’s miniscule.  There’s

Marathon Training: Have Fun With It!

We are officially in the tapering phase of our training for the full marathon.  Looking back, our long runs have definitely been interesting and full of both humor and adventure.  I always say that you have to do your best to make every run interesting and find a way to have fun with it.  Thus,

A Long Training Run

Planning a wedding and training for a full marathon has proven to be an adventure.  Last Sunday, between picking out tuxes and mailing out invitations, we found a way to throw in a 21 mile run.  Throw in is putting it very lightly.  We had to find a way to devote 3 hours and 15

Running in the Rain: “Make it work.”

Yesterday we had to run 15.5 miles in the rain.  In the rain!  I am not talking about a soft sprinkle (mmm, on ice cream).  I am talking about a downpour, like chocolate syrup dumped on a sundae (Ok, why am I always thinking about dessert or food?).  It was the mother of all rains

Marathon Training: Hard As Diamond

Training for a marathon is hard!  I mean like really hard!  It sounds great to talk about doing it and you get all pumped up and you’re suddenly ready to conquer the world.  But, then you actually start doing it and suddenly you’re questioning what the hell you were thinking.  Let’s just say, training for