A record of the incessant and trivial chatter running through my head.
Tag Archives: Running “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” -Lao Tzu One tiny step. Not a big deal to many, but a huge deal to me. That’s what I did just last night. One tiny step. My first step in 3 weeks and 3 days. In case you can’t tell. . . those crutches […]  Today I heard words that no runner ever wants to hear. “It looks like a stress fracture.” Ugh. I feel frustrated and disappointed, not to mention the excruciating pain in my foot. For so many months I have been running, training, preparing for a race that may never come. I look at the hours spent, […]  Crazy. Obsessive. Insane. Addicted. These are just some of the words people have used to describe me when they hear about my running. I get that it is difficult to understand. Why would anyone want wake up in the wee hours of the morning day after day, add stress to the body and fight through […]  I am a runner and have been running for twenty years. While there are times when I might run on a track, trail, or treadmill, the majority of my running is done on the streets of my town or in whatever town I happen to be. Throughout the years, I have had a lot of […] |
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