It’s a story I’ve come to know so well in my life. It’s a feeling I fail to recognize until long after I get caught up in the feelings. I can’t breathe. 2.5 miles into my tempo run yesterday, I stopped dead in my tracks. Tears fell down my cheeks. I was instantly overwhelmed byContinue reading “Running with Fear”
Category Archives: Just keep Running
The Road to Chicago
You have to dream in color. Your dreams have to be vivid. They have to be alive. You have to feel them, taste them, touch them. You have to see yourself living them. I have six solid weeks of training under my belt. In between the speed workouts, the tempo runs, the easy runs, andContinue reading “The Road to Chicago”
Chicago Marathon 2015
“Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.” ~Carl Sandburg On October 11, 2015 my feet will travel 26.2 miles through the city of Chicago. I woke up yesterday morning at 5am feeling the panic that I might not get selected inContinue reading “Chicago Marathon 2015”
Shamrock Half Marathon 2015
“Courage, Dear Heart.” ~C.S. Lewis A week ago I crossed the finish line of the Newport News Marathon 8k. Over the five hilly miles, my head quickly tried to play its old tricks. By mile two I found myself thinking old thoughts of “I can’t” and “it’s too hard”. As quickly as they came, IContinue reading “Shamrock Half Marathon 2015”
Courage: the Path to Thriving
I thought 2015 was my year to thrive. I thought my focus would be on thriving, on blooming, on flourishing. I feel myself thriving at work. I focus on thriving in my relationships at home. I desperately want to thrive in my running. But another word keeps finding its way to my heart: courage TheContinue reading “Courage: the Path to Thriving”
Kristy Maute 