Author: Colleen

Today was the standard 3.1 mile day after too much fun at a bowling event yesterday evening. Slept in a little and took it easy today. Here is a picture of the scenery of the high desert with small mountains in the background. Yesterday was a better day with a 4 mile out and back…

Staying at a friend’s house and taking care of her pets for the weekend. Beautiful high desert area is a nice change of scenery. Out and back on some dirt roads in slightly cooler temps felt fantastic. Average pace of 9:10 min/mi. Thinking about next big race and signing up for a half marathon in…

It doesn’t happen often in Arizona so it was a refreshing change. Slow drizzle the entire 3.2 miles. At one point the sun started to come out from behind the clouds and the rain was still falling so it was like running through a beautiful shimmering curtain. So pretty to experience. The glistening rain drops…

Surprised when I opened the front door to see the ground wet. I had no idea it rained this morning or that it was even in the forecast. Didn’t matter, of course, because it was wonderful this morning. It was 76 degrees with cloud cover so fantastic running weather. Got home after an average 9:17…

The next principle in the Happiness Advantage. What is within your circle of control? Learn to master that before you go outside of your circle and you will find greater levels of happiness. So what is in a runner’s control? Not the weather and not what other runners, bikers, and motorists do. Most everything else…

On the run today the author, Shawn Achor, recites the part of the book that is principle one – the happiness advantage (yes the name of the book is principle #1). Each of us define happiness differently and the degree to which we are happy in our lives does correlate to the success we have…

Got up and ran a respectable 3.2 miles at a 9:30 min/mi pace. So nice out this time of the year and still listening to the The Happiness Advantage. So much to learn and so much to be grateful for. Met with a broker that I used to work with today. He had heart surgery…

Didn’t get up early and took my time this morning. Started off slow, not unusual, and then just said to myself to let my legs go however fast or slow they want to go today. Nothing special, just listening to The Happiness Advantage and learning lessons as I go. Run happy!

I’ve been stuck in a mental cave of negativity and spending way too much energy on something that is now outside of my control. I was dwelling on it the other day while driving and I asked myself, “If I wasn’t thinking about this, what would I be focusing on?” The answer didn’t come to…