Sign Up and Worry
"It's what you do," Daniel mused, "you sign up for something and then you spend 6 months worrying about your ability to do it." He's right, it's what I do. I sign up for challenges and adventures that look exciting and fun in the moment, while I sit in my temperature controlled home on a soft sofa with a beer in one hand and a mountain of optimism in the other. "It's 6 months away." I tell myself, "I have plenty of time to train for XYZ event!". That's what I told myself in J
14 Miles Is 13 Miles Too Far
I stood behind a sea of colorful athletic wear, fighting the anxiety building in my stomach and in my thoughts “Everyone is thinner and more fit than me” I thought. “They’re all wearing running vests and I don’t have one” I worried. “I don’t belong here, I’m not ready for this” I fretted. It’d been 6 months since I had surgery to reattach my torn hamstring, and only 3 months since I’d been able to start walking more than a mile at a time. Yet there I was standing at the start
