Until you've tried it, meditation can seem a little out there. I had never given it much thought before I was editing for the Learning Leader podcast and heard several of the show's guests talk about the benefits of meditation, so I started to give it a shot a few months ago. Since then, I've included meditation in my morning routine which I make an effort to stick to at least 5 days a week - optimistically - and it definitely does help my mindset as I start my day. Simply t

It's rough to have a goal for a training run and not make it. I've certainly had my share of off days, but usually it was kind of a one off and I bounced back pretty quickly. However, in my post last Thursday, I discussed how I'd been repeatedly hitting a wall around 4 miles into my runs. That really put a damper on runs that I planned to be 6 or more miles. Consequently, I noticed my motivation dropping rapidly when it came to running so I knew I had to change up my plan