When I was in high school, I competed against people in my area. Mostly my conference, maybe other local schools. If I saw a team from a school that was a 2 hour drive away, I must have been at a big meet. With such a small talent pool, it wasn’t hard with a lot of hard work to be one of the better competitors and feel good about myself.

Now, I see my daughter and her teammates competing at times against runners from not just a 4-5 hour drive away but sometimes even runners from multiple states away. Even when they aren’t facing teams from far flung locations, every week they are facing some of the best teams in the state. And this seems to be the new normal. In fact, they don’t travel as much as some teams do. Plus, we have Mile Split and other results and ranking sites telling them how they stack up against every runner or team in the country.

The comparison gameRead More »

A quick post this week because life is very much getting in the way for me right now.

Life sometimes gets in the wayRead More »

I just got back from a family vacation and am about to head out on another vacation with my daughter and a friend of hers.

My training is kind of a mess right now and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Vacations and runningRead More »

I just ended a 704 day running streak.

Congratulations? Well, not really. But not for the reason you’re thinking.

What I learned from 704 daysRead More »