Category: Working Through Stuff

Fear: Climb the Mountains Anyway

Fear. I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately.  I wonder why we are so afraid of some things… and not others.  I have written a lot about fear over the years.  [Here, here, here, here and here, to name a few posts.] I am in the process of shutting down a business. That’s scary. I […]

You Can Quit Running When You are Nice To Yourself

I woke up this morning and went to 5:15am CrossFit class. And I hated myself hard today. Full self-loathing. This self-loathing behavior is usually on the back end of a food slippery slope, slide, fall and plop–which I have had the last few days. I was well-aware that I woke up in a bloated sugar […]

Why Your Suffering is Real

Expectations are the enemy of progress and the creators of all sorts of crap. I mean, it makes total sense. If I expect a birthday cake and I get a birthday carrot, someone is going to pay dearly. However, if I expect nothing, and I receive an avocado? “An avocado! Thanksssss!” Aside from the connection […]

Making Time: Can We Do It?

I have had interesting conversations with people over the last few weeks about the concept of “the same 24 hours” and the great debate of “I don’t have time.” The thoughts and interest continued with a great conversation with Melissa Hartwig last week, some more conversations with family and friends–and my recent news about a […]

The Race Clock Ain’t The Only Clock

In 2013, I finished my first Ironman race with exactly 16 minutes to spare under the time cut-off. In 2015, I finished my third Ironman race with exactly 16 minutes to spare under the time cut-off. This week in CrossFit, I finished the Workout of the Day (“the WOD”) with 16 seconds to spare–under the prescribed […]

The Dry Drunk Routine

Someone recently talked behind my back: “You know, I’m just really tired of Meredith’s ‘dry drunk’ routine. Who CARES how sober she is?” My first instinct was: THAT person should care, because clearly they aren’t willing to face their problems. My next instinct is THIS: I really, truly don’t care if someone is tired of […]

On Punching a Bully in the Nose

I had to punch a bully in the nose a while back.  Actually, two of them. One went after me publicly, and I called her on her crap. The other one – well, I’m not going to even give her a blink of time talking about her.  But she got it square in the nose, […]

#SportsBraSquad and Kelly Roberts

I became a member of the #SportsBraSquad over the summer with this Instagram post: The caption went like this: When I was young, I was told I would never be a runner. I was also told that I had a gross fat belly. It’s funny what we absorb, believe, embrace and make a part of […]