racing

Blogs tagged with "racing"

07 June 2010

New Age Group, New Disaster

Who would have thought that at the age of 45, I would develop what appears to be asthma

03 May 2010

Pittsburgh: City of Bridges, Hills, and Marathon Crowd Support

Pittsburgh.

13 April 2010

On Anxiety and Panic

Another recent conversation with a friend has inspired me to write this blog. It's not something I like talking about. And it causes anxiety. What is it?

Panic attacks. When you feel like you can't breathe and every time you try to relax, it's like another round of electric shocks going through your body. That's what happens to me regularly before races. Not right before like at the starting line, but at the times that it's most important to be resting -- the night before. And even worse -- the night BEFORE the night before.

02 April 2010

Where Does It End?

"Where does it END, Jeanne?" That's the question I was asked on Saturday night. The person asking me that question was someone I put on a pedestal, a musician with talent I could never even hope for. With eight million other interesting things to talk about, how did we get on the topic of my training and racing?

17 January 2010