Loop Lope
I was awake well before the 5:30 am alarm. I'd dreamed that I missed the race start, and in the dream I was inconsolable, frustrated that so much work had been for nothing. So I lay awake, letting the minutes slip by, before getting up to make a small pot of coffee in the hotel room. The Cades Cove Loop Lope, a 10 mile race I'd spent the last few months training for, was finally only hours away. I was too anxious to sit still. I'd laid out all my clothes and race gear the nig
WHY?
Why? It's a question I've been asking myself a lot lately. In fact, I ask myself "why?" each time I lace up my shoes to go for a run. I ask myself "why?" as my feet pound the street and the discomfort I get from running creeps up my legs. I ask myself "why?" when I check my watch and see I've still got 5 miles to go. Why do I do things that are so uncomfortable for me? Why do I sign up for things that scare me? Why do I commit myself to things that feel so far outside my reac
