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Running is My Anchor in the Chaos
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lakeAfter a season of holiday hustle and social obligations life can really start to seem like a blizzard of snowflakes blustering all around us, chaotic and unrelenting. But for me, that’s normal.

Around here I’m known as the resident Salty Running Tech Wizardess™, but by career I’m a freelance filmmaker. And as a freelancer I never know where my next paycheck is coming from. I’m always hustling for a job, always on the lookout for the next opportunity to make a buck, to stay ahead financially. I’m constantly switching up the puzzle pieces of my life looking to maximize these opportunities.

And I love this life! I love being busy all the time and constantly having a thousand things to do, so between movie gigs and coding for Salty Running, I overextend myself with involvement in social organizations, dive headfirst into overwhelming projects and am constantly taking on too many obligations with friends and family, often only to have to suddenly disappear for days or weeks at a time to work on this commercial or that film.

Add running into the mix, and you can probably see that this life is unsustainable.  Read more >>

My First Marathon
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The day you’re born. The first day of school. Your first kiss. Your first day in a real job. These are almost universal monumental moments in any girl’s life, but in the life of a marathon runner another milestone will always be notched in our memories: the first time we toed the line and finished a marathon.

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How many of these folks are toeing the marathon starting line for the first time? (Photo credit: kieran_mcmullen on flickr)

Maybe your first was slow, or maybe it was faster than you dreamed. Maybe it wasn’t quite what you hoped or perhaps it was the best race ever.  But no matter how it went, you’ll only ever have one first marathon, and in that it’s special.

Today, we share memories from our first marathons and hope to hear about yours as well.  And this fall as you embark on your big race–be it a marathon or a mile, be it your first or your fifteenth, whether you’re a veteran road warrior or still considering if the marathon is for you–we hope our stories inspire you and maybe make you laugh a little too!

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