Wow! I didn’t think I could stay away from racing for a full year. But then it happened. My last race before my running sabbatical was the Austin Half Marathon in 2015. I took 3 straight months off from running and then slowly added short runs back into my routine. And when I say “short […]
How to pick up running after a running sabbatical
This is actually hard. Really hard. The first few runs after my running sabbatical were easy and fun and I thought it would be easy to just go and work my way back up to real mileage. Read more: the 5 lessons I learned from my running sabbatical. But it’s not easy! I am […]
5 Lessons from taking a running sabbatical
In February after the Austin Half Marathon I started my running sabbatical. I was exhausted from running and racing a lot in 2014. 14 races actually last year, 9 of them half marathons. I was on the verge of hating running. And as a devote runner that frightened me! I decided to stop running […]