In this day and age, is anonymity still to be desired and actively guarded at the public level? We say yes! There is lots of debate to be found on the web – go ahead…
If there’s anything to be learned in sobriety and ultrarunning, it’s this: expect the unexpected. I’m sure if you look to your own experience in both realms so far, you might readily agree. As for…
This post probably won’t be a very popular post with you because it consists of the “fact-finding” that is prevalent in Steps 4 and 10 that we like to avoid sometimes, myself included first and…
Hey folks, sorry for another blog on injury and barefoot running, but this is my experience right now and it’s closely tied to my sobriety, which some days seems tenuous at best and others seems…
I would imagine that emerging from over-training syndrome feels akin to a bear coming out of hibernation. I haven’t run normally for two and a half months on account of a stress fracture and it’s…
I never would have guessed that being injured could be such a gift. Almost like getting to the doors of AA, I literally kicked and screamed against my perceived injustice of it all. I was…
Fear and love – according to my sponsor, when it all boils down, they are the only two choices we have in life. And as he likes to say to me, “make no mistake, we…
I’m learning that for many years, I never knew how to run. I was chronically injured and always fighting my way through workouts, desperately trying to succeed and to reach my goals. And I did…
Continue, improve, and practice. These are of course the actions we must take in Steps 10, 11 and 12 of Alcoholics Anonymous. Step 10 – Continued to take personal inventory and when we wrong, promptly…
I hate racing – that is, until I’m doing it and I’m living in the moment. I don’t like the thought of an upcoming race, the competition, my inadequacies as a runner, and the myriad…