[Listen to an audio version of this blog HERE.] Confidence is "the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust." The internet pro...

Saturday, I attempted to run 100 miles as part of the Aravaipa Strong Virtual Race. My friend and I planned to run around a 1.4 mile loop as many times as it...

This is my third week of living in self-isolation. The world is chaotically chugging on, and many lives have been devastated. As of April 2, 2020, the Americ...

Mary Cain. Hannah Fields. Amelia Boone. Lauren Fleshman. Rachele Schulist. Molly Seidel. All incredible athletes. All suffered from disordered eating. And th...

"I ate a wafer cookie, and it was delicious, and I didn't die," I wrote to my dietitian. She responded, "Best email ever to start my week, thank you for your...

Last Saturday, I ran a 100-kilometer trail race in Malibu, CA called Sean O'Brian. For those of you who are metrically-challenged, 100 kilometers is about 62...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog HERE.] The other day, someone I'm not friends with (but I'm not not friends with-we all know those people, right?) m...

I lay flat on my back on my drenched yoga mat, breathing deeply. Not worried about how many calories I burned or how working out might change my body. I was ...

Masculinity is not toxic, just as feminism is not toxic, just as anything is not toxic until it hurts the self or others. The past few weeks have been madnes...

If the mass of runners share any one thing it is an astute ability to tolerate physical pain. Pain is an acquired taste, like beer or cigars or pickled herri...

When I was young(er), I pinned sundry inspirational quotes around my tiny, lavender painted bedroom. The quote at the top of my mirror was the oft-cited Pref...

"We are jabbering onions, just waiting for someone to find us, peel us, and still choose to love us." I wrote these words in a poem a few weeks ago. The poem...

Some poor bastard once said, "Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life." Not only is this categorically untrue, but because it's repeated of...

According to a report from Running USA, the sport of running is dominated by women-nearly 63 percent of registered road racers in 2017 were female and about ...

It is no small secret that eating disorders plague the athletic world: the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), states that over one-third of female ...

Someone recently asked me, "Why do you spend so much time running?" This is a question that has been proffered to me countless times, and I always respond wi...

On a recent flight, I watched the documentary Free Solo, a film about Alex Honnold's solo climb up El Capitan, a 3,000 foot wall in Yosemite National Park....

“Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.” ~ Dostoyevsky Last weekend, I drove myself to Mount San Antonio, a 10,000-foot peak west of Los Angeles. I p...

I recently went on a solo, 12 mile hike in Muir Woods State Park, just outside San Francisco. As I took in the vibrant forest, ocean views and breathed in we...

I often find myself craving solitude. The deep desire for nobody to want nothing from me is sincere. This is one reason I run—it allows me to be overwhelming...