paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: General Running and/or Fitness
April 7, 2013
Disney Medal Anecdote
As I stated on my post a couple of days ago, pick one of my medals from the display and I’ll share an anecdote. This request came from Andrea, who’s blog is Fit RA Chick. I’m picking any Disney medal. So I decided that I’ll write about my 2013 Walt Disney World Marathon medal: I started a detailed race report for the entire Walt Disney World Marathon weekend. It was mostly written after the races, and I’ve been adding to it periodically. However, I feel like it will be abnormally late to post it now. The 2013 marathon medal is much[…continue reading]
April 3, 2013
Catching Fire
I’m not talking about the second book of the Hunger Games series. I fear I’ve become so zen that I’ve lost the fire or prana that had me so motivated for so long. Throughout high school and university I was always so stressed, and sometimes downright angry. Every little thing was the end of the world! But I was epically motivated. I squeezed more into a day than most people could do in a week. Even for a few years after I finished my undergrad, I was still continuously get up and go. Motivation at the time was really easy:[…continue reading]
April 2, 2013
Medals Tell A Story
A lot of people talk to me about the banner photo of this website, which shows many of my medals nicely displayed. I really like the photo, and it can constantly evolve to as I finish more races. It started with just a handful of medals hanging haphazardly on a couple of hooks: You can already see above that I was already out of combinations for hanging them medals like this. So I went with a friend’s recommendation and got a curtain rod: Then, as the collection grew… I realized I could extend the curtain rod: This image is the basis for[…continue reading]
