Long distance relationships are hard, but how about long distance running and relationships? When you’ve got to go out for a 3-hour training run on Sunday and miss quality time at home, how do your loved ones feel? For those of you with a partner at home, does your training provide your mate with much-needed alone time, or does it put distance between you? I don’t know if it’s because I’m more » Read more
Incorporate a Little Running into Your Wedding Day
It’s Valentine’s Day! But more importantly, I’m getting married in 2 months. Wait. . .I’m getting married in 2 months?!?!?! This whole wedding thing is starting to get very real (and exciting, of course). My fiance Sam and I have tried to make our wedding day uniquely us. Our family and friends know all about our hobbies, our quirks and our unique personalities, so we feel incorporating such tidbits into more » Read more
Running Infertile: Two Steps Forward, 100 Steps Back
I sit here in front of a warm fire with a hot cup of coffee, trying as hard as I can not to think about today’s double-header workout. I can manage the cold, trying as it is, but the icy streets and snow-drift-covered track have presented some unique challenges this past training week. I purposely wrote my recovery week into the Christmas/New Year holiday, which had the decency to coincide more » Read more
It Doesn’t Always Have to Snow In December
December 9th, 2012. Sunday night, 10:30pm to be exact. It’s 50 degrees and raining in Northeast Ohio. James and I slept in this morning. Coach will not be too happy when he finds out we ran this late, again. It’s a long run, too. Long enough that if I don’t find something to talk about right away, I’m not going to last. It will be three years this Christmas. James and I met more » Read more
Half and Full Marathons for Kids? How Far is Too Far?
As many of you know, I am a huge advocate of youth running. I actively coach 3rd to 5th grade girls to run 5ks in the Girls on the Run program, and I whole-heartedly encourage my own two boys to train and race. I think you should too. But how far is too far when it comes to youth endurance running? Related PostsMeet Winter Vinecki: Breaking Through the Age more » Read more
Four Shoes, One Love: How Training Changes Runners’ Relationships
I am no expert in relationships, but I am a competition-oriented runner in a relationship with another runner, and as the years go by and my husband and I go in and out of training cycles, I’ve noticed a few patterns. The way I see it, the relationship dynamic between pair of runners depends greatly on where each runner is in her/his training. It’s sort of like the states of more » Read more
Lessons from My Son
People really are amazing. I love seeing what others can do. Sometimes I will watch someone and think, wow, she is really strong. Or smart. Or courageous. Or kind. Or bold. Or tough. Or all of the above. It is really cool. Particularly if I know that person. Why? Because I know she is an ordinary person like me. If she can do it, maybe I can too. So it more » Read more
When Letting Go Feels Like Failure
In light of many of our Salty posters opening up and getting really honest around here lately it is about time I step up to the plate. I signed on to writing for this site with the plan of opening up and being honest about my life outside of running and the effect it has had on me as a runner. Because of the timing of my initiation to Salty more » Read more
How A Four Mile Run Reunited Me with My Father
The other night I went back there. I couldn’t remember the last time I had been back. It might have even been the night I shed some tears. My father was around for the first three years of my life, the most important years of my life as far as relationships are concerned. His nurturance and love during those years were crucial, as our strong bond was formed. Yet, no more » Read more
Child’s Play: Running and Training with Kids
Running with your child is a wonderful thing. She is moving, you are moving. You are instilling healthy habits. And I am willing to bet you are having a whole lot of fun while doing it. I have been running with my two boys for years, and people are often surprised at how much they run and how fast they run. At first, I too was surprised that they not more » Read more