Week 11 Mileage: 35 miles Long Run Distance: 15 miles This week (tomorrow) we drop down to a 15-mile run for the long run. Our weekday runs also have dropped back too, with what has been a typical 9-10 mile Thursday run decreasing to seven this week. We’re following a training plan from Runner’s World which gives us this “easy” week before next week, which is what I like to call “peak week” – a 22 mile long run, which pushes the weekly mileage close to 50 miles, before the taper three weeks before the marathon. As I think
Today’s post is a video of founder of Horizon Point Consulting, Inc., Mary Ila Ward, discussing her path to entrepreneurship. She addresses the following five questions in the video for those considering a business start-up: Can you stick your foot in the water before jumping in full force? If not, have you planned financially to jump out on your own all at once? How are you building relationships now to foster potential success for going out on your own in the future? Is entrepreneurship right for you? What is your motivation for doing what you are doing? Do you have
Week 10 Mileage: 47 miles Long Run Distance: 20 miles Shalane Flanagan, who was the top American marathon finisher in Rio (6th overall), almost didn’t make the Olympic team. The trials were in LA during a day of grueling heat, and after starting strong, things unraveled fast. Having trouble with the digestion of her fluids, she started to get chills which indicates a problem with dehydration. Her drinks were too concentrated and she ended up having absorption problems. At mile 23, she described her experience on the Runner’s World Show Podcast, “Amy like (her training partner), I’m really struggling…” “My face
Entrepreneurship is a workforce development strategy we all need to focus on and consider more. Either at the individual or community level, entrepreneurship is a viable way to create wealth, develop professional satisfaction and, at the end of the day, help more people. I find that more and more people are considering going out on their own for their next career strategy. In fact, many people are referring now to the “Free Agent Nation” or the “1099 economy” with over one-fifth of the population working on a 1099 instead of W-2. In addition, more and more companies and educational entities
Week 9 Week 8 Mileage: 43 miles Long Run Distance: 20 miles I distinctly remember a friend crying after I told her I was leaving the job and company we both worked for and moving back home. I was in my mid-twenties, and an opportunity for my husband had landed us back in our hometown. I’ll be honest, I was hesitant about moving back home then, thinking we probably needed to explore a little bit more of the world before returning to our roots. But my friend’s tears told me otherwise. She wasn’t crying because she was sad to see