This weekends run started the same way as my last two runs. I parked in the same spot. I headed in he same direction. Just like last week, the first two miles breezed by. Just like last week, I found myself cracking at mile 3. MILE 3! Mile 3 is too early to crack. MileContinue reading “Why not me?”
Tag Archives: Running
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”
In the Process
I had no intention of running the Shamrock half marathon this year. I was planning to be on a work trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I thought I’d be in the heart of Africa working with patients doing something my heart loves. Plans changed. When my own personal safety came into question,Continue reading “In the Process”
Seeking. Striving. Thriving.
A year ago I posted these words on social media. (Timehop is my favorite app.) “I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with my whole heart.” ~Vincent Van Gogh I posted these words after spending a weekend with my Aunt Beth, a weekend spent in celebration of the memory of my AuntContinue reading “Seeking. Striving. Thriving.”
Kristy Maute 