Amara in Training

Category: Personal Development

  • Wishful Wednesday: World Class Paralympian Walks Again

    It’s a pretty uncommon story with a happy ending. Monique van der Vorst, an accomplished paralympian cyclist who won two silver medals at the Beijing Olympics overcame paralysis after an automobile accident. The hitch is that she had been paralyzed since she was 13. While recovering from the accident, she began to feel sensations in…

  • Motivation Monday: If You Want It, Get It

    I’m a firm believer that you have to want change in your life in order to achieve it. If you’re training for a new job or a marathon, you have to want to do it enough. Otherwise, you’ll never go through with it. Let’s take an example of Ben. He was overweight (like I was). He…

  • 2011 Ironman World Championship is Here

    Good luck to all of the competitors out there in Kona today! “The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well.” -Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games I know that one day I will have…

  • Fitness Friday: Someone Busier Than You Is Running Right Now

    Getting started with a running program can be challenging, especially for people who is strapped for time. However, something you have to realize is that everyone has a busy life, a demanding family, and lots of time commitments. However, what separates runners from non-runners is that a runner makes the time for them. Health and fitness…

  • Tis The Season For Personal Pivots

    Every once in awhile I find myself back at where I started…albeit I’m usually in a better position, but still, nonetheless, back at where I started. As some of you may know, when I began my running back in February, I was running my own design and marketing business. Since then I’ve had a few…

  • Managing Cravings and Expectations

    Managing cravings and expectations is a large part of your metamorphosis when overhauling your lifestyle. For the last few days, I’ve been craving and indulging in my sweet tooth. Cakes, pies, pastries…bring it! However, this morning, I woke up with my sweet tooth in full swing again, except this time, I decided that instead of…

  • Ultramarathon in My Future?

    Hmm, I’ve thought about doing some crazy things, but they were usually solo adventures. I wonder if I could sucker about five other crazy people to run a 200-mile ultramarathon with me? Last night I came across an ad for the Ragnar Relay Race in So Cal…a jaunt from Huntington Beach to Coronado Island. Seeing…

  • Race Recap: The Athens Classic Marathon

    Lets do this Memento style: start with the ending and then go from the beginning. The giant marble stadium was overwhelming. As I neared it on the last of my energy reserves, I tried to pick up the pace but it was just unbearable. But, as my right foot landed on the soft track, I…

  • Motivation Monday: You Have A Blank Slate Ahead

    It’s Monday, it’s Monday! Mondays are usually notorious for bad things…like the start of a dreaded work week. (That’s never my case, but if it is yours, you might want to consider what’s going wrong.)  Another way you can think of Monday is the start of a new, fresh week that is wide open for…