An ultramarathon has been on my radar for a while now. The thing that was holding me back is that I’m not a trail runner (and not likely to become one any time soon). When I started researching “the next step”, ie 50K, most of what I found was more technical than I wanted. And…
Tag: comfort zone
#WhatsBeautiful Wrap Up
For the last 8ish weeks, I’ve been participating in the sponsored Under Armour campaign as a part of FitFluential. As you might recall, my goal was “I will step outside my comfort zone: run harder, try new things, say yes when I want to say no. “ I’m not sure I did something every single day…
#WhatsBeautiful Update
My goal with the Under Armour What’s Beautiful campaign is to step outside my comfort zone: run harder, try new things, say yes when I want to say no. Last week, I stepped outside my comfort zone. Arlington County has a really neat opportunity for students called the “Outdoor Lab”. It’s a property about an hour…
What’s Beautiful: Embracing discomfort
I’ve always loved this quote. I am not a thrill seeker (you won’t find me jumping out of planes…), but I believe that stepping outside of one’s comfort zone can lead to amazing experiences. If we always play it safe, we can’t know what life changing thing might be just around the corner. (I totally…
Learning to say yes
I’ve spent much of my time as a parent learning when to say no. I am horrible about thinking I can accomplish everything and tend to say yes to whatever work/volunteer/kid thing that is thrown my way. Need someone to help you with a book drive? Sure. Need someone to be the Secretary of the…