A Blog for Dreaming, Planning and Running

For most of my running life, this would’ve been the part where I quietly panicked. Two weeks off. The holidays. Very little structure. But this time, something was different.

Over the holiday break, I ran twice. I didn’t open the weekly run plan my coach sends me. I didn’t “stay on top of it.” I at...

This might surprise you, especially if you’ve been following my running journey over the last few years, but here it is:

I’m not training for an ultra marathon in 2026.

Instead, my big objective is a road marathon.

And this decision feels less like stepping back… and more like stepping into t...

Every January, I see the same thing happen.

Women look for a beginner running plan, download something well-intentioned, start strong… and a couple of weeks later, they quietly decide that running just “isn’t for them.” That actually makes me sad because I know if they stuck with it just a little l...

If you’re reading this because you’re wondering how to get back into running after a break, I want you to hear this first:

You’re not behind.

And you’re definitely not starting from zero.

I’ve stopped running more times than I can count. And every time, the hardest part wasn’t the first run back;...

Many women who run on and off share a quiet secret: running isn’t actually the hard part. Believing they belong as a runner is.

If you grew up thinking you "weren't athletic," running can feel like something you're always behind on, even when you start as an adult. And for many of us, that identity...

This week, I turned 44. Birthdays have a way of making you stop, breathe, and look back at how far you’ve come...and in my case it's especially true when I think on my running journey.

I wasn’t athletic growing up. I didn’t run track. I didn’t win races. But as an adult, one run at a time, over the...

If you’ve ever tried to set running goals and felt frustrated when you couldn’t stick to them, you’re not alone. Most beginner runners (and even seasoned runners!) unknowingly set goals that are too big for the season of life they’re in.

I realized this recently with a completely different habit: m...

If you’ve ever tried to start running but life kept getting in the way… you’re not alone.

Most runners don’t quit because they “aren’t motivated enough.”

They quit because mornings feel chaotic, overwhelming, and full of tiny decisions that drain the energy they do have.

And when you’re juggling ...

If I could step back in time and sit beside the girl standing on the edge of the soccer field, the one pretending not to care that she was always picked last, I’d take her hand and tell her something she wouldn’t believe:

One day, you’re going to become a runner. Not just a “I jog sometimes” kind

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You know that feeling when your running shoes start gathering dust — and so does your motivation?

I’ve been there more times than I’d like to admit.

A few years ago, I remember standing by the window on a beautiful Saturday morning, staring out at the sunshine and thinking, “What am I doing with m...