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Honor The Journey – A Running Journal

My Favorite Running Songs

Posted on December 27, 2019

My favorite running songs isn’t an easy thing to compress. Everyone is hitting up their Spotify to find out what their most listened to music of the decade is. I don’t use Spotify, but I did run through my playlists and my Pandora to see what it seemed like I listen to the most, or at the very least what I like running to the most. For my long distance training I’m not a fan of tempo that’s too fast…

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2019 Detroit Free Press Marathon

Yesterday began with a sense that the universe was determined to either kill my spirit or kill my marathon literally. Before the race even began it seemed like my day might be doomed, but I stopped looking at the…

October 21, 2019

Honor The Journey - A Running Journal

Honor The Journey: Dealing With My Body Image

Having a positive body image? In today’s society? Climbing Mount Everest seems like a more plausible achievement. Name more than five people you know with positive body image confidence. If you do, then bravo! That is wonderful, but I…

June 27, 2019

Honor The Journey - A Running Journal

Honor The Journey: Having A Supportive Partner

Having a supportive partner can change everything when choosing to live a healthy lifestyle. Particularly with kids in the mix. To become a runner you do change your entire life. If you don’t change your eating habits, your mindset…

June 20, 2019

Honor The Journey - A Running Journal

Honor The Journey: “Relentless”

Last year the word that themed my running was “relentless”. I didn’t even realize it until I had one of those amazing “Aha!” moments on a run last summer. I had recently read a book called “Strong” written by…

June 13, 2019

Honor The Journey - A Running Journal Marathon Training Running

Honor The Journey: This Is Why I Do It

Do you ever ask why I do it? I had 17 miles scheduled to run this past Sunday morning and it was one of those tough runs that tested you physically, mentally, but also gave you one of the…

June 6, 2019

Honor The Journey - A Running Journal

Honor The Journey: Running As A Single Mom

When I began my real running journey it was as my first year as a single mom. I was re-learning my life, my identity, and struggling with just about everything. As I’ve explained many times before, a friend of…

May 30, 2019

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