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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I ran 4 miles this morning... So if I did the math right, that entitles me to 3 pounds of chocolate and 2 bottles  of wine.
At mile 20 I thought I was dead.  At mile 22 I wished I was dead.  At mile 24 I knew I was dead.  At mile 26.2 I realized I had  become too tough to kill.
4.89 miles is NOT 5 miles,  so I run around the block again.
Got twisted in a sweaty sports bra  today... my whole life flashed before  my eyes... I honestly thought I  was gonna be stuck like that  till I died of dehydration  or something.
Difficulty sitting on a toilet?  Dread even the sight of stairs?  Difficulty getting out of bed?  Difficulty walking?  DIAGNOSIS: Ran a Marathon!
I named my dog 5Miles so I can tell people I walk 5Miles every day.
1% of the population will run  a marathon in their lifetime;  it's their obligation to talk about it so the remaining 99% will know what  they are missing.
Me in middle school...  Fakes sick to get out of running  the mile in gym class.   Me now...  Pays to run 13.1 miles.
Unless you are standing at mile 26 or 26.1, please do not hold a sign saying "YOU'RE ALMOST THERE"!
Let's run a 5k this weekend then  drink like it was a marathon.
I run for the sole purpose of  eating more.   Don't judge me.
STAY FIT.  Getting back on track is so damn frustrating!!
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