Author Archives: Ryan

My Coach

By Ryan | Published: May 7, 2011

My Coach… The other day I was out on a run thinking about how great my Coach is, so I decided to write about Him. My coach goes on every training run with me, not only that, but He races right alongside me. He is constantly giving me encouragement as I go and giving me [...]

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The Next Chapter

By Ryan | Published: May 2, 2011

Well, its been almost two weeks since the 2011 edition of the Boston Marathon and I am still internally celebrating all that God did on that day. He was figuratively and literally the wind at my back. I had been praying for such favorable conditions in Boston for years and it finally happened. When I [...]

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Re-visiting lessons learned

By Ryan | Published: April 12, 2011

I’ll be the first to admit the title of this last blog before I compete in the Boston marathon could be taken the wrong way. I was reading this morning in 1 Corinthians and I stumbled across three words that I had read over before but today, for some reason, caught my attention in particular: [...]

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Training Tip: Energy Food

By Ryan | Published: April 1, 2011

Excerpted from Running With Joy: Many people run to lose weight, but I maintain a delicate balance of staying lean while still fueling myself well. I often remind myself when I am training hard that yesterday’s energy in equals today’s energy out. The body can absorb only so much in one sitting. I eat often [...]

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Giving Yourself Grace

By Ryan | Published: March 27, 2011

My last race before this year’s Boston Marathon didn’t go as well as I had hoped. While I was disappointed to not have run as well as I had planned I realize that half marathon fitness is very different than marathon fitness and that for a variety of reasons I was not as fresh and [...]

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