The Cold, Dark Run
The Cold, Dark Run

Running in the sun with your friends by your side, a slight breeze at your back, surrounded by beauty, and feeling unstoppable are moments we welcome—sweet and pleasurable. Surely, we’ve all experienced such breathtaking occasions. But there are other periods in a runner’s training as well.

This time of year in the Intermountain West it’s more common for a runner to be out there alone in the cold and dark. Shorter daylight hours, long work days, and below freezing temperatures limit options to run in more hospitable conditions.

If a runner wants to achieve their goals, they must go out alone into the cold and dark, make friends with their solitude, and embrace the quiet sound of their own labored breathing.

Like the winter season in a runner’s training regimen, we all go through times of isolation, with limited options. As runners, we too must push through the dark and cold if we are to realize the beauty and fullness of being that only comes through consistent and steady effort.

Ultimately, the key may be in embracing struggle as it comes and welcoming the embryo of strength such exertions create. After all, it is out there on our cold, dark runs that we discover ourselves and make running in the sun even more brilliant.

 
 
Seen a lot of slim chicks posting their

workouts on here so I thought I'd join 

the fun
Warning : I will bully every one of you

into daily stretches, plyo drills, crazy 

intervals, lifting heavy weights and 

epic long runs
104 °F.....  As my Grandma says, 

"Marathon training ain't for p*ssies."



Crazy old lady is right.

New Featured eBibs

Do people who say summer is their favorite season
Let's run a 5k this weekend then drink  like it was a marathon.
Here's the deal: I will absolutely NOT sign up for another race unless  someone spends two whole minutes pressuring me
ME:   *saves $20 from not eating out* ME:   I think I'll reward myself  by buying this $160 running shoes...
Remember when you didn't need coffee to wake up and melatonin to fall asleep and buying jeans didn't make you cry?
Some days you eat salads and go to  the gym. Some days you eat cupcakes    and refuse to put on pants.  It's called balance.
Treadmill:  hi Me:  no thank you
Petition to start parties at 5:45 so  i can be in bed by 8:30.... Marathon season is upon us !!
*stuff heard at the finish line* I will never qualify for Boston... My boobs won't allow me.
*stuff heard on the run*  Those are some really hilly hills !!
*Comes home from training run* No one: Me: "OK I'll show you  my pace and splits."
Can you come pick me up? Where am I? Well I was on a runner's high and  I think I am in Ohio.
I don't always pay $160 for shoes.  But when I do, they're  for running.
*hill repeats* Not sure if runner's high or if about to pass out.
Just once I would like to make it through an entire hill workout without having a WTF moment.
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