Determination to not quit Pam Chapman-Markle says she made fitness a priority after beating cancer at a young age and having kids. She had gained some weight, but kept active doing aerobics and teaching aerobics. She started running in her 40s because she was going through pre-menopause and her bone density started to decrease. She […]
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Monday Mindset: Why You Need Abra Kadabra
Your mindset is shown in the words you speak I’m going to do a magic trick. Here’s my hat & nothing inside. Abra Kadabra! Did you see that? Of course not! This is a podcast. But if you could see me, still see nothing. There was something missing . . . I’ll tell you what […]
A Lifetime of Ultras & Still Going – Marshall Ulrich
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Monday Mindset: This is Your Life!
Where your limiting beliefs come from Imagine this. 5 monkeys in a room. Bananas hanging on ceiling. A ladder under the bananas. All monkeys sitting in corner. Occasionally one looks at bananas, but none move. New monkey comes in. Sees bananas, goes to bottom of ladder and starts to climb. All 5 of original monkeys […]
Last Man Standing Wedding: Becca Jones
Becca is a running coach and started running in high school, she did track and field and along the way did an ultra probably 6 or 7 years ago and fell in love with the sport, the challenge and adventure of running which is how she defines herself as a person and it’s what she […]
Monday Mindset: Trying to Kill Olympic Dreams
Tweet from Penny Oleksiak “I just googled ‘Canada’s most decorated Olympian’ and my name came up. I want to thank that teacher in high school who told me to stop swimming to focus on school (because) swimming wouldn’t get me anywhere. This is what dreams are made of,” she tweeted. Most of my teachers saw […]
Mindset to Run 100+ Hundred Milers – Susan Donnelly
Getting started as a lifelong runner Susan started running when she was in junior high school, right around the time when the kids begin looking for “their thing.” She saw some students running around the concrete track in white gym uniforms. She discovered that it was the track team, and she decided to join. Road […]
The Pursuit of Happiness
Speaking Notes We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. How are you doing in your pursuit of happiness? If you feel like you’re playing a game of […]