Amara in Training

My stories of training & racing around the world

  • My Theory on Excuses

    I spent the summer after my high school graduation with my face in lots of geese poop in a very humid and steamy New England. Most of the time I was getting yelled at — not because… Read more

  • Q+A: What are you running from?

      Good question, although I have a feeling that the question was half serious and half playing around. So, what exactly am I running from when I’m running? I’ve read a few articles about people running from… Read more

  • Featured in Fitbie!

    Check out the original article here Over the weekend, Fitbie.com published a neat article on my recent journey. It’s been great but it’s certainly not over! I still have a long way to go in terms of… Read more

  • Dealing with Derailment

    Often times things don’t go quite as planned. Actually, let me rephrase that — most times, things don’t go quite as planned.   Sometimes you’ve been incredibly meticulous at laying out your schedule and things get in… Read more

  • My Upcoming Races

    Some people have been wanting to join me for certain events, and I know that my friends and family can’t really keep up with my schedule, so here it is — my race calendar! Read more

  • The Journey of Me

    I spent some time lamenting these photos and I think I’m finally over it. So last week I was interviewed for Fitbie, an MSN/Rodale joint venture. It’s a great website to help people get tips on exercising… Read more

  • Mindfulness and Running…Among Other Things

    I spent most of my morning rather exhausted and asleep, not so much from any particularly strenuous physical activity but from mostly the electrical activity in between my ears. Although I’ve been in relatively high spirits as… Read more

  • Q+A: “Isn’t Running an Inefficient Way to Spend Your Energy?”

    Running seems pretty counterintuitive to nature, right? After all, the human body is essentially built to be self-regulating at all times — you push too hard, your body makes you lay off a bit. Your system gets… Read more

  • Q+A: “Why Do You Keep Running?”

    I received a blog request from Elijah this week on my running habit — “You should do a post on why you kept running after you started, even on those days that you didn’t want to.”  … Read more