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Helping Loved ones with Depression
Living with and managing depression is daunting. Solutions are tricky and unique. Implementing solutions require personal motivation. Solutions don’t always work. Sometimes they work once but not twice. Sometimes they work for a while then suddenly stop working. Loving someone who fights mental illness is as herculean a task as suffering yourself. Unsure how to…
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Iterate Your Training to Maximize Your Ultrarunning Potential
Finding out what works and what doesn’t for an ultra runner can be challenging. Giving some structure to those trials can help speed that process along.
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Hot Foot Hamster: Why I Love Running in Circles for 24 Hours
As I park my car on May 4, 2019, I see the landscape that will be my home for the next day. It is a beautiful location, ideal for a wedding or graduation celebration. I feel as if I am stepping into another world. Central to the estate is the manor with its beautiful southern…
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Is Being "Busy" Keeping You From Your Ultra-running Goals?
This morning I woke, stretched my limbs, and meandered into the kitchen for an aromatic cup of java. Coffee in hand, I sit down at my desk and begin to work up my to-do list for the day. I know I need to get groceries, finish a couple of high priority work projects and put…
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Finding Silver linings When a Race Goes Bad
Red, orange, and yellow dance across the horizon. I cup my hands and huff into them. My arms look scaly, covered with with a littering of goosebumps. I turn to the sunrise and dream of the warmth I will soon feel. “Five more minutes runners. Start making your way to the corral.” Noah announces. The…