Yes, it is much easier, less time-consuming and won’t reveal any unwanted surprises when we let comfort draw us in. But nobody ever grew from keeping things close.

In the deepest, darkest, coldest moments, nothing seems possible

There will be no motivation at the beginning, but after action, the motivation comes. Just show up and start.

Running is never linear. It never progresses along as a step by step process, getting better and better. Instead it’s a foundation and then a build up one layer at a time.

Being a Pilates teacher comes with privilege and responsibility and helping your students understand and learn the exercises in their own body is one component of this. 

Running is about riding that line of pushing hard enough to get the most out of yourself, while not falling short when there is distance left to cover.

Running is simple, but it is easy to overcomplicate it, getting caught up in the newest shoes, shirts and strength class. Here’s a few things you can stop spending time thinking about.

There are a lot of moving parts when we think about making changes. But the moving parts and the challenge around doing it ends up becoming the reason we don’t make a change. Maybe it just requires another way of thinking.

The version of you that does something today is not the same version of you that couldn’t do it last year.

Remind yourself when it is hard that it isn’t always hard. Running owes you nothing, but with patience, it gives you everything.

Done consistently, each piece adds up and finds it’s place in your running journey.