A YEAR OF SOLO WORKOUTS

Whether you think it’s good or bad or have otherwise grown apathetic towards it, we’ve been running (and walking and biking and living) alone for a while now. Depending on where you live, one year to be exact. While I know exactly what I did to stay active over quarantine (run solo, run solo, and

FINDING THOSE MINI-WINS

Get out your cakes & candles because we’re celebrating the small stuff today! This past weekend, I raced the open 800 for the first time all season. As runners tend to do, I had some big goals going in — how could I set myself up well for conference? For future 800s? And . .

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

What’s the shortest turnaround you’ve ever had between signing up to race and actually racing. For me, it was 36 hours. And it actually happened two weeks ago. My team was headed to one of our first meets of the season, and after a lot of back and forth debate, my coach finally asked me:

YAY HILLS!

This past Friday – much like every week during winter training (and sometimes during summer) – the Augustana distance team trudged up a hill. Okay, fine. ‘Sprinted’ might be more accurate, even though sprint might be too generous. Let’s just call it somewhere between a trudge and a sprint. But the point is: We did

2020: A LESSON IN FLEXIBILITY

It would probably be an understatement to say I like having a plan. Every Sunday night, I gather up my journals, my emails, and my planner, sit on the floor, and jot down my weekly schedule. I plan out most of my meals, my runs, and all the non-running but running related things I want

[S]PEAKS: BRITTANY CHARBONEAU

“I’m Loving Every Minute of It!’” Brittany Charboneau can best be described as joyful. Or personable. Or caring. Ecstatically energetic. Rambunctious, even. She packs a lot of personality. Charboneau started running in eighth grade. After stints on school teams all the way through college, she turned to marathons and, now, trail races. It took until

REDISCOVERING JOY

It’s been 76 days since I last posted. Someone may want to check my math on that, but the point is, it has been a long time since this blog was active. Because 76 days? That truly is a gaping absence for my blog. At first, I aimed to post once a week. It was

TO RUNNING

I sprawled across the floor of my bedroom for a while, trying to come up with the perfect intro (and then the perfect middle portion and then the perfect conclusion) to this post. How could my blog adequately and accurately celebrate Global Running Day? How could anyone begin to summarize something so fluid? What words

[S]PEAKS: DANI MORENO

“You Still Have Time” One of the first mountain runners I was introduced to was Dani Moreno. She showed up on the Instagram Explore page I was scrolling through, with beautiful California trails and her own winning runs scattered across her picture timeline. It was the first time I realized that trail running was a

FALSE SUMMITS

We didn’t know how far up the mountain we were. Obviously. Just moments earlier, we had quickened our footfalls, pulled out our phones to take pictures, and prepared (for the second time) to summit our collective first 14er. Just moments earlier, we had crossed over the curve of the slope, and (for the second time).