I have learned a lot about breaking down a seemingly impossible goal into small, do-able steps by running marathons. When I am running a marathon, focusing on the 26.2 mile goal does not do me any good. For road marathons, I focus on the mile I am running. Because I am confident that I canContinue reading “The marathon mentality”
Author Archives: Jules
How to run
If you’ve read my other posts you’ll know that I am not one of those people who was born a natural runner. I was also not much of an athlete for the first two decades of my life and I never thought I would have anything to say on the subject of running because IContinue reading “How to run”
My first marathon
Big Sur International Marathon 2011. A route curving along the Pacific coast, all the way from Big Sur to Carmel, stretching across some of the most beautiful scenery California has to offer. The race website even showed a pianist playing a grand piano on a lookout point along the route. This was going to beContinue reading “My first marathon”
About Me
I love to run now, but I didn’t always. There was a time in my life when I genuinely hated it and it’s not hard to remember why. The first time I tried running was in middle school when I decided to join the cross-country team, mainly because it was an all-inclusive, “no try-outs required”Continue reading “About Me”
Kilometers to Miles 