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This weekend I turned 50, WOOHOO! While my mom is having a hard time since she now needs to lie about my age as well as hers, I am feeling great. I don't know what little me would have thought I would be like at 50, but I am happy to say I am right where I want to be. I spent the weekend with friends in the woods, foot hustling, riding bikes and eating cake, three of my favorite things. One friend asked, what I have learned in my 50 years. Great question and honestly, I suppose the answer to that is every single thing I know, but the thing I JUST learned last weekend was to stop apologizing for myself. I knew I may be slower than others on my birthday bike ride and I decided I wasn't going to say I was sorry for being last up the hill as my birthday present to myself. I was last up some of the hills and I gave zero FLIPS, NONE. It took 50 years, but it was awesome. Best gift ever.
STOP APOLOGIZING You don't need to wait until you are 50. You can stop today. Stop apologizing for things that need no apology and start handing out thanks instead. Please turn your, "sorry I have to stop for a minute" to "thanks for waiting a second while I get out more snacks". Turn your, "sorry I am feeling slow today" into "thanks for the good pace today, impressive". If you are a lifelong apologist, this may take a few years of repetition, so you better start now. Sorry, I know it isn't easy. Thanks for trying! TRAIL CON This week I am in Olympic Valley, CA attending Trail Con. It just started this morning so I can give you my hot take next week, but the first session this morning was a panel discussion including two members of UltraSignup on Five Trail Trends. The trend I will share is diversity. The three panelists discussed how we are not where we want to be with diversity and proceeded to discuss women's participation in trail running (which I love, thank you) but never discussed any parts of a diversity discussion you would expect including no talk of race, inclusivity or trans rights. I am feeling absolutely depressed and gutted about it. This is the state of our sport, the kick off of the trail running conference had a talk about diversity with no talk of diversity. WOMEN RULE Here are the stats the UltraSignup panelists highlighted which are great for women's running.
CREATINE GUMMIES If you are supplementing with Creatine gummies, you may want to try a new delivery system. Report finds little to no creatine in gummies sold through Amazon. This article has a chart with brands that are living up to their labels. Need to get in a little more salt with your sweet snacks during workouts? During a bike ride a friend pulled out a snack she is calling anchovies and it was genius. Swedish fish in a bag with some salt. You are welcome! STRENGTH TRAINING FOR RUNNERS I will NOT be leading Strength Training for Runners this week. I am in Olympic Valley for Trail Con and Western States and will not be available at 5pm- strength training time. Here are a few links from the archives so you don't need to miss a workout.
Happy trails,
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