Are you playing a game you don’t expect to win? Hope is powerful! You need hope to keep going when the going gets tough. Hope is that flicker of belief that things can get better . . . that things might get better. Even cranky pessimists have at least a little spark of hope, no […]
Motivation
Rock Your Resolutions This Year
Planning to fail! Have you noticed that most of us make New Year’s Resolutions knowing in our heart that we’re going to fail? In fact it’s kind of a running joke about how long Resolutions last. I heard someone say this morning that they set a low bar for any Resolutions they make. That’s their […]
Ultramarathon Mindset and Running For Life
Running calms me. It reminds me I’m enough. It allows me to connect with my deepest thoughts and feel all the feels- all the stuff I ignore or am too busy to process in daily life. Running is so much more than just moving my legs, it allows me to move through life. What is […]
How to reset your mindset.
My mental game fell apart 32 miles into my 100. The Pumpkin Holler 100, in Tahlequah, OK, is billed as “relatively flat.” This is true if you compare it to other 100 mile ultramarathons in, say, the Rocky Mountains. I was hot. I was on pavement. (I’m a trail runner. I prefer dirt.) The hills […]
Ultramrathon Mindset Training: Beware The Chair!
The Chair is your friend and enemy. “The Chair” is unique to ultramarathon running. You won’t see marathon runners taking a break in “The Chair” at aid stations. A marathon is a long way to run, but it’s short enough for most people to run without stopping to sit for a while. There’s no sitting […]
How to change your life
Two simple steps you need to change your life. These two steps are the guaranteed way for how to change your life . . . if you do them. 1. Start. I told you this is simple. You have to start! And, in order to start, you have to decide. You won’t ever get to […]
Control your cravings with this easy trick!
You can experience your future right now! I’m not talking about you getting in a DeLorean, like Marty McFly, and blasting through time. Don’t get me wrong. I love time travel movies and TV shows. What I’m talking about is your real future . . . at least your real potential future. And what I’m talking […]
How to quit on yourself!
I used to be a good quitter. For most of my life, I looked for the easy button. I loved short-cuts and life-hacks. If the job was hard or not fun, I’d cut corners to get it done as fast as possible and with the least amount of work. Oh, I set goals, every once […]