Week 5 Mileage: 32 (I only ran 28- I fell down the steps on Sunday and my foot looked like this for the beginning of the week.) Long Run Distance: 13 (Half- Marathon Race) We ran 14 miles last Saturday, the longest distance my husband and training partner have ever run. It went fairly well, but running towards the “finish line” of this run topped it off as a memorable one. As we rounded the corner, we could see that someone had left four cold beers on the curb for us. Our neighbors had timed our return and set
Although the great recession of 2008-2009 is still a fixture in many peoples’ minds, the job market has changed substantially since those recession years. I’m hearing more HR pros and business leaders complain about not being able to source and hire quality talent in a broader set of areas than usual. We aren’t just complaining about the need for computer programmers and skilled tradespersons anymore. According to the latest BLS Report on job openings and labor turnover, “Job openings have trended upward since their series low in July 2009, and have surpassed the prerecession peak (April 2007). In
Week 5 Week 5 Mileage: 32 Long Run Distance: 14 When you are training for a marathon, you spend a lot of time with the people you are training with. Thirty-two miles for us this week equaled about three to three and half hours together on the road. You would think we would run (no pun intended) out of things to talk about. But we don’t. Whether it is talking about the weather (when on earth is this heat going to let up??), talking about sports (college football kicked off last week in case you missed it), politics and
The generation of participation trophies, therefore, the generation of entitlement. Therefore, the group that thinks their degree, or maybe just the mere fact that they breathe, entitles them to the CEO seat 18 months in. You’ve heard it all. And if they don’t get that CEO seat, by the way, well they are also a generation of job hoppers. But when you talk to most millennials (myself included), you’ll find that they don’t want or expect to have the top job 18 months in, but they may want it at some point in their life. And isn’t that a good
Week 4 Week 4 Mileage: 31 Long Run Distance: 13 I don’t just run to run, and I don’t just work to work. I run for the health benefits, which is probably the most common reason cited to run, but I also run for the social camaraderie, for good conversations, and for the endorphins and productivity it produces. I’m sure there are more reasons, but for now, that will do. Oh, and because it provides good ideas for blog posts. I work, as many primarily do, in order to provide for my family along with my husband. But I