When Quitting Is Not an Option

When Quitting Is Not an Option

Days before my second marathon, a well-meaning friend said, “If you can’t finish, go as far as you can.” I laughed and gently told her “I’ll finish. Quitting is not an option.” Nearly everyone who enters a marathon enters with the...
Every Mile is a Gift

Every Mile is a Gift

I’ve been running for more than twenty years, though not consistently. Sometime in recent years, I decided that every mile a gift. Lately, running has been more difficult for me, and I’ve thought more deeply about the phrase, my running mantra:...