by Becky Robinson | Jul 5, 2018 | Reflections
My friend Marina is like a celebrity in our local running community. Everyone knows her. During recent races, as I’ve run alongside her, we can’t go far without someone cheering her on or calling out her name. I stand quietly beside her before and after...
by Becky Robinson | Jun 8, 2018 | Reflections
Maybe it’s the sunshine, or the caffeine, leftover high from this morning’s run, a sugar rush from those two cookies I ate before lunch, but I’m feeling pretty good. Here’s why: For all my worrying and striving, all my fretting and crying, the right work always shows...
by Becky Robinson | Apr 24, 2018 | Reflections
Sunday I completed my 6th marathon — my 3rd in the last six months. I felt good, finished strong, and shaved 16 minutes off my previous personal record. Sunshine, cool temperatures: perfect conditions. A lot of people who aren’t runners seem impressed when...
by Becky Robinson | Dec 7, 2017 | Reflections
After completing my 4th marathon earlier this fall, I decided to take a different approach to my post-race running routine. In the past, I’ve used completing a marathon as an excuse to do nothing —for months even. After the hard-press of training, I’ve...
by Becky Robinson | Oct 13, 2017 | Reflections
Sunday morning, we woke to heavy rains. With the sunrise, the rain dwindled, then stopped and left humid, heavy air. As my friend and I started the Steamtown Marathon, which begins with a descent through several small Pennsylvania towns, we felt the weight of the...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 26, 2017 | Business Growth
As a marketer, I’m always looking to learn new techniques and repeat tactics that work. I recently had the pleasure of talking with Simone Stover of the Albuquerque Journal to discuss our start-up division, Hometown Reads. She featured our site in a digital...
by Becky Robinson | May 3, 2017 | Reflections
Our pastor challenged us to choose a word to focus on over the next 30 days or so. He asked us to pray and reflect as we considered the word. During the service, my mind jumped from one word to the next but didn’t settle on any word until later at home, when my...
by Becky Robinson | Nov 30, 2016 | Entrepreneurs
I’m preparing to talk to some aspiring entrepreneurs to share my journey. It’s challenging to figure out how to distill my 4+ year entrepreneurial journey into 75 minutes. Which lessons will be most important for these students to hear? Which of my stories...
by Becky Robinson | Oct 18, 2016 | Reflections
Saturday afternoon, and the sun is beating down on my kids, their friends, and me as we walk through the tall stalks of a corn maze. We shed sweatshirts and wish for shorts instead of jeans on this 70 plus degree October day. We emerge from the maze into the orchard,...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 22, 2016 | Work/Life Fit
My family enjoys a home-cooked meal every weekday evening (and other times throughout the week, as well), but I don’t cook them all. Instead, I’ve stumbled on the best-ever entrepreneur life hack imaginable, sharing cooking with another family. My friend...
