Grieving Your Loss of Fitness in the Off-Season Throughout the year, our fitness has peaks and valleys. Most athletes have a base, build, peak and recovery phase of fitness. A base phase is the level of fitness most athletes can maintain with minimal effort. Build is when athletes tend to ramp up training with a... Continue Reading →
Finding Joy in the Midst of Sacrifice
Some of my readers know this, but some of you don’t…I am 15 weeks pregnant. When Michael and I decided to start trying, we didn’t know how long it would take and trusted that in God’s timing it would happen. To our surprise, we got pregnant pretty much right away. We have accepted that our... Continue Reading →
Self-Acceptance in the Pursuit of Success and Greatness
Self-acceptance is easy for some, but very difficult for others. As athletes, we often want to pursue becoming faster, stronger, fitter, healthier, wiser...the list goes on and on. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our pursuit that we forget why we ever got started. For most of us, we began our athletic career because... Continue Reading →