My 2018 goal was to finish my 50 State Endurance Challenge (a full or half marathon in each of the 50 states). At the start of the year I only had four states remaining on my to-run list - Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, and New Mexico. I completed my challenge last September. In true funatical … Continue reading Where to Now?
Author: funaticalrunner
Got No Time
When is a race trip not fun? When you get to the airport and check your race results online and they don’t show you finishing the race. This happened to me in May when I went to Iowa to run the Des Moines Women’s Half Marathon. I had a few nerve-racking hours before I was … Continue reading Got No Time
Renaissance Woman
I made a pledge to myself this year to achieve more balance in my life, to focus on things other than running. I had realized the funatical runner was morphing into the fanatical runner. Just change one vowel and the whole thing goes from one extreme to the other. I want to be more than … Continue reading Renaissance Woman
We Still Need Good Samaritans
Facebook has a Memories feature where posts from years past will pop up. Most of the time they are reminders of some place you visited, a funny thing that happened, or a photo from a wonderful day. Since Memories can't distinguish good ones from unpleasant ones, you can be reminded of something not so happy. … Continue reading We Still Need Good Samaritans
Hello Again
It has been a long time since I last wrote in this blog. This past weekend during my long run I met a young man who is riding his bicycle across country. Although I was in a hurry to finish my run and get out of the heat, I stopped to talk to him as … Continue reading Hello Again
You Gotta Have Balance
At the end of last year, I asked my running coach for a week off. To be honest I was burned out. I had trained intensely all year to run three marathons. Mentally, I just wanted to check out for a bit and not be driven by a training schedule. It seemed as if my … Continue reading You Gotta Have Balance
To Tell The Truth
I recently celebrated a birthday, the kind where you move into a new decade. I wasn’t looking forward to getting older. I decided to do the only thing on my birthday that a funatical runner can do - run a half marathon. My birthday was on a Sunday so it was easy to find a … Continue reading To Tell The Truth
Visualizing Success
At the beginning of 2017, my running coach had me put together a vision board. The theory behind vision boards is they help to reaffirm your goals and keep your attention on what you want to achieve, helping you visualize your success. Visualization is a tool used by athletes, entrepreneurs, chess players, anyone who … Continue reading Visualizing Success
2017 – What a Year It Was
This year has been one with more adventure than I ever could have imagined. I have been walking around thinking about 2017 and everything that happened. Even though it was not all smooth sailing, overall 2017 was a very good year for me, one I will never forget. I may be the Funatical Runner but … Continue reading 2017 – What a Year It Was
Running with the Holiday Spirit
Running is the only sport I know where the athletes will dress up in crazy costumes to compete. Football, basketball, baseball, and hockey players all have uniforms they are required to wear. The dress code for golf and tennis players is a bit more relaxed but you never see anyone wearing a Batman or Snow … Continue reading Running with the Holiday Spirit
