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Tag: Motivation Monday
August 18, 2014
In Praise of the #5amRunClub
I posted some motivational images about running early in the morning on this post, but this post will talk about it in detail. One of the biggest challenges of my current Jack Daniels inspired training program was finding time to do five runs each week. I constantly saw dailymile posts by Nicole, Sam, Emma, Patty and others featuring the hastag #5amRunClub, so I decided to join in. I wasn’t disappointed. (To be fair, the idea of running early in the morning wasn’t entirely foreign to me; I ran early in the morning during my Dopey Training last fall) It is[…continue reading]
August 4, 2014
Running Therapy
I get the Runner’s World Quote of the Day by e-mail every morning, and I usually see the “poster” version on my Facebook News Feed because I like their Facebook page. I particularly liked this one and thought I’d “reblog” it as part of my Monday Motivation series. It turns out the phrase “Running Is Cheaper Than Therapy” is very popular. There are products, blogs, tumblrs, and other paraphernalia touting this claim. And of course, Mark Remy pokes fun at it too. But, all jokes aside, I think exercise is a much healthier way to deal with personal issues than drowning[…continue reading]
July 21, 2014
Different Motivation…
I don’t follow professional cycling at all. But a former classmate and facebook friend does. He posted this article about Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga were doing well at the UCI WorldTour. I know nothing about these athletes, but something in the accompanying photo caught my eye. Do you see it? Let me zoom in a bit. The podium Girls left a mark! Maybe I should buy a bike. I guess I’m in the wrong sport… 😉 On a serious note, I see that many fellow running bloggers Nicole, Henry, Mari, Lisa, Irina, Sam, Emma, Nadiya, Alice, Hong, and even Patty are active[…continue reading]
