Monthly Archives: April 2024

When you’re running especially if you’re running alone, you’ve got to be watchful. As a female runner who only ever runs alone, I am constantly watching out for dangers in my run. Just last weekend I was chased by a small pack of dogs – even after I tried to avoid them. I watch outContinue reading “Be watchful.”

Running is all about self discipline. If you slack off, you lose your training momentum. You’ll lose all your gains if don’t take your running seriously. It’s not easy. Some days you’re tired. Other days the weather stinks. Or maybe you start a run and it isn’t a good run. Your mind or body isContinue reading “Running Requires Self-Discipline”

Running is both a group and an individual sport. No one can run for you (we will come back to this idea a little later) yet you can never race alone. It is what makes the sport so fun. The right group can help you nail your race; the wrong group could destroy your goals.Continue reading “The Pacer Group”

The right running partner can make all the difference in the world. I’m traditionally a solo runner when I found when running my first marathon that about 15K in I was running with the same group. So, I stayed with them as much as possible. I even finished with a gentleman who I ran “with”Continue reading “Running Groups 101”

When running with a group, it’s important you pick the right group otherwise your entire run could be ruined. You want to pick people who run a similar pace, you have the same approach to running, who are encouraging and supportive, and who create a running environment that helps you not hurts you. It isContinue reading “Choose the Right Running Group”

Running is amazing but like all things you have to be on guard for things that can get in your way or hinder you from being the best runner you can be. Diet, sleep, running mates, shoes, gear, stray animals, weather, training plans, overtraining, undertraining, strangers, or even the running playlist you create. If don’tContinue reading “Who Hindered You?”

Sometimes when you are running, you’ve trained and fueled so well you think you firmly can set an amazing personal record (PR). You are so excited and confident, you think can run through a wall so to speak. It’s quite an amazing feeling. Because God is our fuel, strength, trainer, coach, cheerer, and aid station,Continue reading “Run With Confidence”

There are times when running long runs that every step takes everything from you. Exhaustion and pain become your uninvited running partners. The beating your feet take is enormous – it becomes more and more difficult with every step. Even with the best of shoes, fuel and equipment, your body feels every step of everyContinue reading “God’s Perfect Aid Station”

Running is hard especially if you go at it alone (with no support system). But if you include others in your running -whether that’s running with a friend, talking to other runners, including family or friends in updates on your training, etc. – it becomes less daunting. Suddenly, you realize you aren’t really alone evenContinue reading “Run with Jesus”