Full disclosure: I approach New Year’s Resolutions the way The Grinch approached Christmas. Don’t get me wrong. I am not goals adverse or even lists adverse. However, I do believe that if you are passionate about your life goals, the only right time to take action is right now. I gave this speech content at a recent Toastmasters club meeting […]
After two years of being under the radar, Covid 19 caught up with me two weeks into 2022. Since I tested positive for Covid last week, I have been getting tons of questions ranging from how I felt at the onset to how do I gauge returning back to the road. So let’s dive right in 😏 What prompted me […]
How I am finding success in my off season. In my last blog post, I shared some of my non-running related goals that I have been focused on post-Chicago Marathon. To be honest, that focus has been working well for me. I got in two hours of studying for my Marathon Running Coach Certification exam before setting in to start […]
Two weeks from today, I will be running through the streets of Chicago. I can barely contain my excitement, my nerves, my butterflies. I know that when I write my next blog post from my hotel room just outside of Grant Park, I will be writing from a new perspective. For now though, I will not get ahead of myself. […]
One of my clients pointed out today an image that showed up in her Facebook memories from exactly one year ago. We are at the beginning of full lockdown measures here in the Bahamas and I had challenged the group to “yard miles” as an avenue to maintain run training and fitness by doing the only thing we were authorized […]
“I could never run an entire marathon!” “I cannot run a mile without stopping or getting winded.” “I am not a runner. I am not a REAL runner.” “I need to get in shape before I can start running.” How may of us have uttered one or more of these statements? How many of us believe that running is good […]
2021 is indeed upon us. In fact, we are now in the thick of January after it seems that we just rung in the new year yesterday. In the midst of many lockdowns, one saying that has been a constant for me is “Running is never cancelled.” Coming into the new year, one of the events that I made a […]