Once again a few weeks have gone by since my last post. I think of posts all the time that I want to write but life happens and much of the time writing gets pushed to the back burner. Will I ever be one of those bloggers who posts every day or even a few days a week? Probably not. That is the reality of my life and I’ve definitely accepted that. But there are days when I feel like…
If you think the expression “digging deep” applies to solely to marathoners I would have to disagree. I don’t think you can truly appreciate the term until you have raced ALL OUT in a ONE MILE RACE. Photo courtesy of Arkansas Outside When I first saw this picture I was tagged in on Facebook my initial thought was “Oh no- I’ve got to untag myself.” But the more I thought about it I realized this picture says it all. At…
On Saturday I ran in a one mile race. Yes, you read that correctly- ONE MILE. The last time I raced an all out mile I was 18 and a senior in high school. That was over 16 years ago. In college I ran the 1500 a few times but usually the 3000. When I first read about this race a few months ago on Arkansasrunner.com I honestly didn’t think much of it. My first thought was- why would I…