Now go think!

Courtesy of Runner's World... My favorite part of running is the thinking time. I'm a game designer, and whenever I have a hard design challenge or I'm trying to solve a problem, I run. Jane McGonigal, game designer and best-selling author Now go run! Keli 🙂 lling author

One foot in front of the other

As I shared last week, I was getting ready for our 16 mile run in preparation for the upcoming Big Sur International Marathon.   The good news is that I finished the run but it was by far, one of the worst long runs I've had in a looooong time. But like I've said before, sometimes …

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Marathon Prep

I am at the halfway point of training for the Big Sur International Marathon.  This weekend we crank out our 16 miler so that will leave just a few long runs left; an 18, 21, another 18 miler the week after that and then the taper.  Gulp! While many people might think I'm a bit …

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Quote of the Week

Courtesy of Runner's World!  Because sometimes we need motivation from the experts! "Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off. " Mary Lou Retton, winner of the All Around Gold Medal in women's gymnastics …

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Happy Birthday To Me!!

Today is my 45th birthday! And while I have some wrinkles I'm not thrilled with, some sun spots from summers  spent with just a spritz  of  SPF 2, and more silver on my head that I'd care to admit, I feel fit, strong and full of energy and excited. A birthday would be useless without …

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3 Things I Love About Trail Running

Continuing our love-fest with running...we move onto my adoration for trail running!  In a nod to Andy Cohen of Watch What Happens Live!  Here's what 3 things I'm obsessed with about trail running! Speed is Irrelevant When running trails it's perfectly fine to ditch the watch.  Forget your normal pace, your splits, any PR that …

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Three Things I Like About Running!

As I dash out the door for a trail run I wanted to share the 3 things I like about running.  Trust me, there are more than 3 but let's keep it simple! 1.  It feels good.  Once you get past the first few miles, that is. 2. You can get a quality workout in …

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Quote of the Week

Wow!  What an inspiration! I spent four weeks in total numbness. Six months later, I started running. I could only do ten minutes at a time, but I kept going because I knew that running would get me my life back. - Ryon Lane, runner who shattered his C4 vertebra in a 2008 diving accident …

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