Theodore Roosevelt once spent two weeks hunting buffalo in the Dakota Badlands during intense heat and driving rain. One day of that trip, in particular, was riddled with many trials. He sustained a deep gash in his forehead when his horse reared up without warning. While crawling on his belly to get a shot at an animal, he accidentally placed his hand on a cactus and received a fistful of spines. Then later that day, he and his guide were…
It’s called “Hitting the Wall” and it is a well-known and much dreaded phenomenon among athletes – the professional elite and amateur runners – especially in long distance races. Hitting the wall typically happens around mile 18. A simple definition would be: when a runner runs out of energy.
One famous marathoner put it this way, “It felt like an elephant had jumped out of a tree onto my shoulders and was making me carry it…
For several years, I have been fond of saying that I keep a “5K” in my back pocket. Now I certainly don’t mean I keep five thousand dollars there. My “5K” is a reference to running not money.
In 2008, my husband and I ran the New York City Marathon. Unless a miracle occurs, it was our first and last long race. Maybe it was more of a “bucket list” thing than we realized. But since then, I have continued to run. …