By Sabrina Lott Facing your fears is really not as easy as everyone says it should be. It takes a lot to look into the mouth of the lion and leap, not worrying about where you are landing or what you’re going to find on the other side. I’ve done it many times in my...
By Sabrina Lott No one has treated me like the imposter that I feel like yet I can’t shake the feeling. I feel like the pheromones of my fear are a bright yellow cloud circling me and everyone can see it, like the bright racing shirt that I wear to protect me from...
“My father loved running & I loved my father.” —Matt Fitzgerald I sincerely believed that I would live in Jersey for the rest of my life. I had no intention of moving back to Flagstaff after attending Northern Arizona University for five years. Don’t misinterpret...
Endurance training is hard work. As such, it requires a high level of motivation, which for most athletes comes partly from an expectation that their training will yield results. But expectation alone won’t motivate to keep working hard. Athletes want proof that their...
Among the various platitudes you’re certain to hear from politicians and media talking heads in the wake of a local or regional disaster is that the people there are “tough and resilient.” You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it, we’ve all heard it. But is it true? If...
Every once in a while, an athlete I’m coaching will confront me with information that they’ve obtained from another source and that (at least in their perception) challenges what I’ve told them or what I’m doing with them. For example, an athlete might say to me, “You...