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.

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You know you're a runner... When  you're asked how your weekend was,  you can only reply in miles.
I'm almost home!   I can post to Facebook soon!
It's all fun & games till ...  your jeans don't fit anymore.
My running style can be  described as  "seductively awkward".
If your relationship still works... You could be training harder!!
When I was a kid, I wanted to be older. This sh!t was not what I expected.
I think it's weird how some days I feel skinny and some days  I feel like a busted can of biscuits.
F@^K!!  ...I'm lost.  But I feel so badass it doesn't matter.
I think Facebook is broken... I put up a selfie from my run and no one "liked" it even though I refreshed it a few times.
Before you criticize someone, you  should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're  a mile away and you have their shoes.
If you see a porta potty with no line,  use it. Even if you don't need to.
You know you're a runner... when you  try guessing the pace of a runner  as they pass you.
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