The Spaghetti Approach to Achieving a Breakthrough
Let’s say you’re stuck in your progress toward a goal. Doesn’t matter what goal – it could be a physical feat or it could be getting your homework done. There are two generally accepted ways to make...
View ArticleTuesday Tribute: Katie DeSplinter
Hi kids. I’m back on the posting wagon, finally, with another Tuesday Tribute. The schedule goes back to weekly from now until eternity or I run out of amazing women in my life. That could be awhile....
View ArticleI Love To Run Even Though It Could Hurt Me
Hamster in a wheel, running just cuz it’s fun. Maybe. I’ve been running for 27 years. At least half of those years were “seasonally” around two-thirds of the year or so, in fair weather or around the...
View ArticleWhat Makes An Ultrarunner: Guts, GU, and (minimal) Glory
(Cross-posted from Medium.com) I’m experimenting with writing long-form for Medium, and would love to have your feedback over there. It’s a lovely site with good content. I wrote a very long report...
View ArticleUltranutrition: How to not poop out, figuratively
Ultra food of the gods…. Ultras and nutrition seem to be a match made in caloric heaven. Just eat as much as you can possibly stand so that you CAN keep standing, right? Not quite *that* simple, but...
View ArticleHey, Me: Shit or Get Off The Pot! Love, Me
This blog post is part of the Week of Self-Love hosted by Anne-Sophie Reinhardt of annesophie.us. (Even though the week is technically over, I still want to give her link-love for the great idea!)...
View ArticleLoss Changed Me, and You, Too
I went a long time without tragedy or loss in my life. Almost 40 years; how’s that for being lucky? Sure, I had fights with friends, I lost grandparents, I saw friends of mine lose loved ones. All of...
View ArticlePernicious (or persnickety?) Anemia: Round One
I’ve felt fat and slow for a long time now. Years. Part of that is not that I’m fat, but that I do actually weigh more than I did 4 or 5 years ago. What happens when I run is just physics: it feels...
View ArticleTuesday Tribute: Mike Kline (and origins)
Today, on this ordinary Tuesday, my mind went off a-wandering during my run. As it often does, it strays into the realm of songs I’d rather not play on repeat, what the weather might be like today, did...
View ArticleTuesday Tribute: Charlie Thorn
[A NOTE ABOUT “TUESDAY TRIBUTE” and it’s beginnings]: a few weeks ago my mind went off a-wandering during my run. As it often does, it strayed into the realm of songs I’d rather not play on repeat,...
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