A week ago today, I decided to do a challenge for the next 100 days.  Last year, I ran at least 1 mile a day, every day, for 365 days. I'd never been that consistent with anything before, and was a bit nervous about having the discipline to do something that would last that long.  But, I did it. I did it tired, I did it energized. I did it sick, I did it healthy. I did it happy, and I did it sad.  And up until a week ago, I'd only ran about 5 times this new year thus far. I h

...it hasn’t been easy. January, for all of us I feel, was a rough month. In many different ways, we’re all experiencing the same thing - hurt, frustration, sadness, low points. And it's been interesting, because I've usually turned to running whenever I've been going through something or feeling kind of down. And this time, that just hasn't been the case. For 2025, I’d set quite a few running goals - probably more than I should have - and I'm pretty sure I've been experienci

Congratulations - you survived the first 6 months of January! What a month January has been; filled with highs and lows, every emotion possible, and trying to get in a routine to set ourselves up for a happy 2026… hopefully . I've seen so many memes about January - how draining it's been, how hard and troubling it's been... just things happening that we did not plan to happen, either this early on in the year, or at all for that matter. I've definitely had my fair share of tr