Amara in Training

Tag: gratitude

  • Accepting Change and Moving On

    Happiness is really a choice. Change? Not so much. Change hits me really hard. For some reason I’m just really uncomfortable with it. Many times…rather, most of the time, change is really for the better. I’ve had quite a few things that brought along a lot of change…graduating college, moving out, ending relationships, leaving projects,…

  • In the Spirit of Independence…

    My longest race EVER is tomorrow morning at 8am in Santa Barbara! I registered for the Santa Barbara Semana Nautical 15K about three months ago hoping to find a midsummer race to keep me motivated through the season. It’s my last mini-race (and by mini I mean magnitude AND cost) until September…which is pretty much…

  • 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.”   Lately, it’s been harder and harder for me to keep the momentum going. I’ve been running between 4-6…

  • Long Weekends, Long Runs

    Hope you all had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend! I spent my time off balancing pure relaxation and pushing my limits. All in all it was pretty fun!   I’ve found that double digit runs have been very intimidating for me personally, even though I’ve done a few of them already. There’s reticence on my…

  • Recent Read: Born To Run

    I started this book today waiting for the Metro to take me home from my just-completed 13 mile point-to-point run from my apartment to the ocean. It came highly recommended by a client who also happens to be a triathlete. I’m about halfway through it so far and I’m impressed — it’s linear insomuch that…

  • When Your Company Is Bigger Than Life And You Can Still Acknowledge Your Fans…That’s a Good Sign

    You know what it shows me when someone uber-successful actually responds to an @mention? It shows me that they don’t believe that their accomplishments are bigger than themselves. I totally respect that. Techie startup LOVE! ❤ I’d like to think that one day (when I reach a fraction of success that our contemporary tech entrepreneurs…

  • Thanksgiving 2010