by Tammy Davis | Oct 31, 2012 | Daily dose
What better day to talk about fear than Halloween? I’m participating in a training session where, like most group events, we started with an introductory exercise. You’ve probably done this before: pair off and learn enough about your partner to introduce...
by Tammy Davis | Oct 30, 2012 | Daily dose
If you read last Friday’s post, you know that I suffered from my usual case of nerves before the race I ran last weekend. As expected, I stayed jittery all the way till the opening cannon (yes, it really was a cannon–we all JUMPED across the starting...
by Tammy Davis | Oct 29, 2012 | Daily dose
Sitting in a training class this week, we’ve talked a lot about the importance of asking the right questions. Too often, we’ll limit the possible answers by the way we frame the questions we ask. We narrow our field of vision. I don’t have to look...
by Tammy Davis | Oct 26, 2012 | Daily dose
You would think that after running as many races as I have, I wouldn’t get nervous anymore. Not so. I find my heart fluttering days before each new race, and the thought that runs in a loop through my head is, What if I can’t do it? I’m registered to...
by Tammy Davis | Oct 24, 2012 | Daily dose
Ah, meetings. I could rant all day about them. I sit in too many; they go on too long; little gets done. Time management and focus issues seem to be the two driving factors, often combined with a liberal dose of posturing. Consider this if you don’t believe me:...
