Today’s morning was one of those which make you want to go straight back to bed.

After training twice on Monday and pushing through a challenging workout yesterday, the first thought which entered my awakening consciousness was: “I don’t want to run to the gym. Actually, scratch that. I don’t want to go workout at all.”

Of course, my aching body knew this was not an option for my stubborn mind… not until I discovered that, somehow, during the night,… [Read more.]

It’s a grey morning in San Francisco.

I’m looking through the glass door of the living room, gathering the determination needed for my long. I try to determine whether my ankle is really hurting, or if it’s merely a small annoyance, amplified by my reluctance to run today.

But I know, the truth is, I’m trying to do just the opposite: I’m trying to silence the soreness in my body, the discontent in my ankle, and, most of all, my… [Read more.]

You might remember from a previous blog post that I had signed up for a half-marathon as my first race. Well, after this past Sunday, I can proudly say that:

1. I’ve completed my first race.
2. I have also achieved one of my resolutions for this year: to run a half-marathon before the end of June.

To me, completing this race was a great achievement for several reasons.

To begin with, until last August I had never… [Read more.]

You’ll be surprised if I told how much I’ve written in the past weeks given the few posts I’ve published… but the truth is, I’ve been feeling particularly ambivalent, and that has made me reluctant to put online anything I could not consider as a “final opinion”.

I spend so much time planning, organizing, calculating, and anticipating potential complications, that when faced with an approaching victory of mine, I can be quite confused about how to react.

In fact, when… [Read more.]