Right now I am taking a break from training. A mandated two day break. After a few weeks of continued decline in workouts and training, it’s needed. I am fixated on one question. How could I forget what I am like without training to take the edge off my personality? Read more…
Fundraising is tough!! Wow, I only have the utmost respect for those people who constantly do this as part of your job etc. I HATE bugging people about things like this, which is ironic, since I am in sales. But that it what I must continue to do.. until you Read more…
My fellow Type A kindred spirit…. Type A from Wikipedia: “The theory describes a Type A individual as ambitious, aggressive, business-like, controlling, highly competitive, impatient, preoccupied with his or her status, time-conscious, and tightly-wound. People with Type A personalities are often high-achieving “workaholics” who multi-task, push themselves with deadlines, and hate both Read more…
I have always had an all or nothing personality. Which is probably why I hate the word ‘off – season.’ Because I’m scared of the shift from the ‘all’ to the ‘nothing’ In fact, I really haven’t taken a significant break since I began. I started really ‘training’ to run Read more…
My Google reader cache is filled with thankfulness posts this weekend. I had the opportunity yesterday to truly experience thankfulness. My sister-in-law hosted a massive thanksgiving crowd. Included were an exchange student from Saudi Arabia who is living with them, and a family of refugees from Iraq. Hearing the story Read more…
The Run- Now for the run, my coach and I had a very different strategy than the others. We both felt that I had been too conservative on the run and that I needed to go out hard to see what I could really do. The specific instructions were to Read more…