I’ve wanted to read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for oh about 15 years. I first picked it up in 2008 and have put it down at least 3 times. I even gave it away at one point. I was at a thrift store with my friend Janelle a few months ago and saw it in pristine condition for $1.00 and decided what the heck I’ll try again. This was a commitment. I’m glad I stayed with it. There are a lot of details that matter but it takes awhile to get through. The story is about a family of 6- a crazy Baptist pastor and his wife and four daughters move from Georgia to the Congo to evangelize to ..read more

GOING BACK to Jacksonville, FL for the Donna Marathon weekend on Sunday, February 4th!  This is the most special community and event I go to all year and it will be my 6th year partnering with the Donna Foundation and Visit Jacksonville for this amazing weekend. The course is flat and FUN! It starts and finishes on the beautiful Jacksonville Beach (no sand running though!!). My favorite part is one of the streets around mile 10 or 11 of the half marathon where there are tons of flamingos and pink paper mache hanging with great music. You are so close to ..read more

I used to keep up with these what I’m loving, reading, watching, listening to posts over on the good old instagrams and thought I’d bring that love over here on the good old blog. I’m always looking for a good idea for a new book to read or artist to listen to…. or podcast of course. Some might say I’m a little podcast obsessed hosting three shows of my own every week.  Here it goes! What I’m loving: New Hollister Jacket – I lost my big winter coat. How does that even happen? Anyway this isn’t a big one it’s more of a warm bomber jacket but it’s cute and I think I’ll get more use of of i ..read more

Summer with kids is hard. It’s supposed to be magical and fun and all those things. And then we remember we aren’t kids anymore. I’m the adult that always wants to be having fun. If it’s not fun I don’t want any part. Hence me passing along any boring life stuff to my husband. Who do you think manages the bills around here. So we have this vision of all the fun we are going to have, the trips we will take, the fun laid back chilling out. And then we still have our own work to do and lives to manage. The never ending screen time challenge becomes a thing and all the kids in the neighborhood gi ..read more

Hurtful words. I remember this day so clearly. My oldest child was 6. He’s a hot tempered guy. Comes by it honestly if you’ve met his Mom. I couldn’t convince a teacher or an outside member of our family that if I tried though. That temper is reserved for home. Those sweet little first borns brown nosing their way through preschool having you thinking damn I did something right. Let me tell you friend- you DID do something right. But don’t let their behavior inside the home or outside the home whether it’s “good” or “bad” define you as a parent. Did you hear me? Shall I repeat that comment? Th ..read more

Brad Stulberg and Shalane Flanagan are on the show today!  Brad is a researcher, a writer, and a coach on human performance, sustainable success, and wellbeing. He was on the podcast previously talking about his book the Passion Paradox. He has also written Peak Performance and his newest book is The Practice of Groundedness that just dropped this week! Brad’s work has appeared in The NY Times, Wired, The Wallstreet Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, NY Magazine, Forbes, Sports Illustrated and other national and international outlets. He works with executives, entrepreneurs, physicians ..read more

Amanda Eccleston recently retired and just ran her last professional race at the Sir Walter Miler! She was a professional 1500m runner and a miler for 8 years running for Brooks. In 2016, she placed 4th in the 1500m at the US Olympic Trials, leaning at the line with Brenda Martinez for that 3rd place spot. She has a lifetime mile PR of 4:25. She ran for Hillsdale College and then for the University of Michigan. She is now the assistant coach for Central Michigan University cross country and track and field. In this episode, we talk about her professional running career and what it now feels li ..read more

Katie Nageotte is back on the podcast today!  Katie is the brand new Olympic champion in the pole vault from this summer! She has a personal best of  4.95 meters which is 16 feet 2 inches. She was 5th at the Olympic Trials in 2016 so she had a huge year this year to not only make the Olympic team but to also win the gold medal! Katie was first on the show back in 2018 on episode 142. If you want to learn more about her and her background with pole vaulting, go back and listen to that episode!  She is really open and honest about fear with pole vaulting and she shares about that ..read more

Jenny Simpson returns to the podcast today after recently announcing that she is going to be racing the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. This is a huge shift in what she normally does. She usually focuses on the 1500m and she is a 3-time Olympian. She won a Bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and she has both a Gold and Silver medal from the World Championships. She was first on the show in June of 2019 on episode 188. In that episode she shares all about her running career and it is a great introduction to Jenny! In this episode, we talk about social media, her experience at the Olympic Trials this ..read more

Sarah is a friend of mine and she was on the show all the way back on episode 57. She is the founder and host of the Rise Run Retreat, a snowshoe runner, entrepreneur, and mother. Sarah’s mission is to help women gain confidence, find strength and make authentic connections through running. Rise.Run.Retreat. is a women’s running retreat for all paces, races, ages and running abilities, based in New England. Sarah recently went completely off of Instagram and we dive into that decision in this episode! What we talked about: 6:20- What Sarah has been up to 9:30- Training for and racing the Mount ..read more