Training is about dealing with and adapting to the challenge in front of you, not just the goal you’re working toward.

Don’t lose sight of the goal, but also allow yourself to adjust to the things your body (and life) is telling you.

I could be super stressed that even though…

My power is in persistence

You guys, I’ve been unable to get my big toe to move at all for I can’t even tell you how long and one session with a massage therapist who worked with me on reconnecting my brain to the toe and I got it to fully lift. This is just huge. I’ll explain more later!

My super power isn’t brute strength or super speed. My superpower is resilience and endurance. Without resilience even endurance has a limit. And quite unexpectedly I learned neither qualities were a limit for me something that came as a surprise. My original plan was to go as…

My life philosophy is everything in moderation except Running

Accurate 🐕

Kyoto & Tokyo
Today is our last full day in Japan. We have been on a 2 week trip to Korea and Japan to help my daughter decide which school she will go to next fall after she graduates from high school. Each morning I get in a 5-8 mile run and then we explore.

When I return…

Suns out guns out 🌞
It’s been cloudy, rainy, foggy or snowy for over a week until today and I can’t keep these quads covered any longer. In Colorado we aren’t used to this much cloud cover. 📍Tokyo, Japan

“Every day I found beauty in the struggle. Suffering is not without beauty.”

- A note I took while running a world record of 200 ultramarathons in 200 days breaking the previous world record of 23 consecutive ultras by 177 days. Visit my website for more writing on the record.…

Exploring Seoul, South Korea this week 🏃‍♀️ ✍️ 📸

Why do I run streak? It puts me in a position to experience things I wouldn’t normally experience. Like this morning’s run in fresh snow at 2am and 10F before my international flight. 5 miles is my minimum mileage because it’s long enough that you have to be very intentional…

Horrible news today 😔