Lately, I have not been running. Unusual, considering the fact that running was one of the founding reasons that I started this blog. Not surprising considering the amount of exercise classes that I am teaching as the holidays approach. I think it is normal for runners to go through a hiatus. I find my year… Read More…
Why I Blog
Recently, I went to The Wild Writers Literary Festival and as I only had a little patch of morning to devote to it, I went to The Art of Blogging with Kerry Clare. We talked about some of the obvious topics such as the irony of holding a class for blogging – it is unruly, unfinished… Read More…
Weekend Recap: An Ode to Sunday
This weekend, I was thinking a lot about downtime. As Jesse dropped me off after a friend’s birthday party on Saturday night, I asked him (with a day of work, tutoring and writing behind me) “Guess what we are doing tomorrow?” “What?” he asked, with exhaustion and a clear tinge of irritation in his voice… Read More…
we actually needed to recover from it.
I have been trying to get this post up for the last number of hours. Interruptions of phone calls and the first half of the post unexplainably vanishing leaves me with this: I have been walking around all day in an exhausted haze that can only come from returning triumphant from a really exceptional adventure…. Read More…
…it seems like a long way to go for a concert.
You know those last few days before you leave on a trip – the frenzied scrambling from one place to another, trying to get everything done and feeling fortunate when you show up at the right place, on time, with all buttons done up and proper papers in hand? Well that is this week for… Read More…
Doping Scandal and a Giveaway Winner!
Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you had a marvelous week – I know I did, despite the fact that it feels more like it should be Wednesday instead of Friday. Today I am giving away “As Good as Gold” by Kathryn Bertine and I am so excited to share it with you! The winner is NR!… Read More…
Weekend Recap: Graduation
In trying to make sense of this milestone in my life, I turn to a recent post by my dear friend and inspiration, Lindsey. Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to… Read More…
Running Heros
When I was in high school, I took my first tentative steps towards the world of running. Little did I know, I was in some of the very best hands. I was a little uncertain when I tried out for cross country. I had waited until my final year to even consider it because of… Read More…
An Ode to Writing and Running
This morning, I went into the office early. I had a cup of tea and sat down to write my new column in the quiet of the office. (It’s due today). Slowly, the office became populated and was buzzing with noise and activity. My boss even came in to say a few things to me,… Read More…
Why I run [long distances]
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I wrote the original “Why I Run” post here. Some of the feedback I received was that you were “relieved to hear a true reason of motivation”. And that is just it, it is a deep motivation. Yesterday, I did my time trial with my varsity cross country team. I whined to our physical therapist… Read More…
