Emma Langley joined the STRIVE family in 2012, as a member of the STRIVE-Peru program. In Peru, Emma (a long-time swimmer) discovered a new love for running - putting her on [...]
It is with great excitement that I am announcing my entry in the Keybank Vermont City Marathon in Burlington, VT on May 25, 2014. After a successful marathon debut in [...]
The plane bucks and jerks, doing its best to shake us from its back and/or simultaneously give me a heart-attack. My knuckles are white; the tendons in my already bony [...]
A lot of people have asked me why I wore a headband during the Boston Marathon on Monday and what it said. Believe it or not, I wasn’t just wearing [...]
Hey all! I'll have a full recap as well as my last week of training leading up to the 2014 Boston Marathon sometime this week. For now, here are my [...]
This morning, I woke up early to watch the London Marathon. I almost went back to bed after my 4am alarm, but I decided to at least see if I [...]
I've gotten some great questions from students over the past few weeks, so I decided to publish some answers to them. Thanks for those who sent in questions! If you [...]
This morning, I returned to Quito’s 800m public running track for the first time in what seems like ages. The track, located in the center of Quito’s Parque de la [...]
Yesterday, I explored the idea of the Person Decathlon (PD) – a concept first written about by my coach Jon Waldron. The idea is to create your own ten-event decathlon [...]
Yesterday, I read a blog-post by my coach, Jon Waldron, where he wrote about the concept of the “personal decathlon.” An idea I’ve heard many-a-time on runs, Jon explains it [...]