𝙿𝙰𝙸𝙽 𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚄𝙽𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙰𝙻 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽𝚃

“𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝. 𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 “𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍” 𝚘𝚛 “𝚋𝚊𝚍” 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎.𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚒𝚜: 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚝? 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢? 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 … More 𝙿𝙰𝙸𝙽 𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚄𝙽𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙰𝙻 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽𝚃

Happy 4th Birthday Ruby 🌸

𝙼𝚢 𝚁𝚞𝚋𝚢,𝙸𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚕𝚜.𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎.𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍.𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚢.𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢,“𝚒𝚏 … More Happy 4th Birthday Ruby 🌸

𝙶𝚁𝙸𝚃

𝙶𝚁𝙸𝚃 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍—𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝. . 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 – 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎. 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚎 … More 𝙶𝚁𝙸𝚃

Hᴏᴡ Tᴏ Hᴀɴᴅʟᴇ Bᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ

Yᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʟᴇᴠᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴇxɪsᴛs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ – ɪᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ·s ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs. Yᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛ ɪᴛ ᴀs ᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪᴛ. Tʜᴀᴛ’s ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ. Tʜᴇ ᴘᴏʟᴀʀɪᴛʏ ᴏғ ʙᴇɴᴇᴠᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʟᴇᴠᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ɪs ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ … More Hᴏᴡ Tᴏ Hᴀɴᴅʟᴇ Bᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ

Resistance & Recovery

In the last couple weeks, I haven’t been recovering as well as usual. Likely due to the stress of the holidays coupled with increasing volume and suboptimal sleep. – Resistance to adaptation has happened a couple times in my training and each time it generates some fear and frustration. I ask @ernievo2max “What can I … More Resistance & Recovery

“𝕊𝕋ℝ𝕆ℕ𝔾 𝕃𝕀𝕂𝔼 𝕄𝕆𝕄𝕄𝕐”

I train 6 days a week. The words “gym” and “workout” are commonplace in our home. – For a while, my conscience struggled to guiltlessly embrace time in the #gym because it also meant time away from my children and it occasionally felt “selfish.” I have worked on and curtailed those feelings by clearly defining … More “𝕊𝕋ℝ𝕆ℕ𝔾 𝕃𝕀𝕂𝔼 𝕄𝕆𝕄𝕄𝕐”

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗧?

“The question that each athlete faces in the crucial moments of a race – “How Bad Do You Want It?” – is fundamentally a question of motivation.” -Matt Fitzgerald 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗧? “Why run is the question often asked. Why go out there every afternoon and beat out your brains? What is the … More 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗧?

Cinderella Saved Herself

As a little girl, I loved the story of Cinderella. Kindness prevailing despite miserable circumstances, miracles bestowed by fairy godmothers, and love conquering all. These themes still appeal to me. I used to think the story of someone loving us enough to save us from our suffering was romantic. I didn’t realize that by dreamily … More Cinderella Saved Herself