Pioneer runner Katherine Switzer, best known as the first woman to win the Boston Marathon, once said, “If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.” I always thought this was true. Until I watched an IRONMAN. Last weekend, I experienced a day I won’t soon forget. I was a […] Read more
If you look up the word “racecation” in the dictionary, you won’t find it. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary gives you 10 spell-check alternatives it thinks you might be looking for (recitation, resection, earth station, way station, restitution, recitativo, resignation, lace-curtain, recitative). Lace curtain? Really? Well, make no mistake. This may be a made up word, […] Read more
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt Well, Mrs. Roosevelt, I’m proud to report I heeded your advice and wisdom. And then some. Spontaneity is a word you will almost never associate with me and […] Read more
If you want to find a way straight to my heart – or just get me to run a race with you – say the word “downhill” and you’ll have me wrapped around your little finger. Living in a city where I can’t run more than a half-mile without climbing up a hill of some […] Read more
The common phrase “learning by doing” describes how most of us learn and grow the best – by trying things ourselves and practicing them over and over. But sometimes, we also learn by not doing something. By simply observing others. That’s exactly what happened on Sunday when I volunteered at the Acworth Women’s Sprint Triathlon, […] Read more