Our positive running story this time take a different perspective. This story is about a boy who had a dream, who lost touch with his dream, and then found a way to make his dream into a reality.
A running dream – follow big dreams
Positive running story – Angelina Ramos
In the final installment of our series focusing on the fortunes of the Saginaw Valley State University women’s distance and middle-distance running team, we interview head coach Angelina Ramos. After giving such a great account of her athletes’ experiences in previous weeks, we now ask Angelina about her own running career, what inspired her to […]
Positive running story – SVSU Women’s Distance Running Team
We return to Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) this week where Angelina Ramos, head coach of the women’s distance running team, recounts how her athletes fared in the 2016 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) championships following a disappointing start to the season. With confidence low and her reputation at stake, Angelina knew that change […]
Positive running story – Taylor Stepanski
This week we speak with Angelina Ramos, women’s cross-country/track & field distance and middle-distance coach for Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU). Angelina has been training a group of eighteen athletes since being hired by SVSU in 2015 to revive the women’s distance program. The team had just come off of a bad year: SVSU had […]
Positive running story – Ladia Albertson-Junkans
This time we speak with Ladia Albertson-Junkans, newly minted team member of Team USA for the 2016 World Mountain Running Championships. Ladia hails from Minnesota, and now lives in Washington. We caught up with Ladia to find out what she enjoys about running, how to achieve a running / work balance, and her plans for […]
Undoing negative labeling
Labels are a way we use to identify others, and ourselves. They are the words we use to describe who we think we are, and add up to the sum of our thoughts. We repeat our thoughts often enough until they become beliefs, and we become the labels that we believe make up our identity. […]
Positive running story – Amy Laub
Amy Laub is a 47-year-old runner from Los Gatos, CA, who has regularly competed in track events ranging in length from 800m to 5K before recently stepping up to distances between 5k and half marathon. Amy recently attended our June ’16 Women’s Running Camp and shared a wonderfully inspiring story one day while the group […]
Positive running story – Lisa Marshall
Lisa Marshall is an award-winning health and medical science journalist whose work has taken her to parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. An avid runner, she lives in the foothills west of Boulder with her husband and two children, and has completed a remarkable ten marathons to date. Here she reflects on her experiences […]
Positive running story – Terry Chiplin
Terry is a Brit who now calls Estes Park, Colorado his home. He has been an endurance runner for nearly 35 years, running 100 yards and 220 yards on the track back in his school days. Terry and his wife Jacqueline came to Colorado in 2006 with the dream of setting up Active at Altitude, […]
Visualize your best race performances
As athletes, we spend a ton of time training physically. It feels great, well most of the time, and we feel bad when we’re not training! We follow training programs to the letter, getting concerned if we have missed one session or workout, and wonder if this will impact our performance come race day. Ever […]
