Hello Again
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at
After an extended personal leave, I want to welcome readers back to this blog. Its embarassing to say, but yesterday I just learned how to manage/edit/post comments myself, and I posted a whole bunch of your comments from WAY back. I am excited to return to responding to comments and questions from the running community, and encourage you to post and respond to one another as well, if something in a topic ruffles your feathers or inspires you.
A heartfelt thanks to all the runners/coaches/fans out there who have encouraged me through the past couple years. While giving you a chance to pose some questions for new topics, I will take the chance to share my crazy roller coaster experience of trying out for the Olympics last July. I hope you find some common threads in your own running…from managing expectations, to trying to be the best you can be on the day, to coming up just short of your dreams, and having the courage to dream again.
You can post questions on this blog and follow me on Twitter @laurenfleshman. There are some exciting projects in the works…I’ll keep you updated!
-L
Hey Lauren - Your talk tonight at Team Altius in Flagstaff was great. We all loved it. You and your ‘I’m so nervous’ thing - ha! you’re a great speaker. Super inspirational. I was so stunned that you remembered that I ran my first marathon last weekend! Awesome. Thanks again for coming out tonight to talk to us. We’re so lucky!
Hi Lauren
Still have great memories about our ride to SF… Our sharing with the two Swedish students sure made the trip interesting and certainly your story was the center peice of the trip… I use your story often and bought a used Bow flex to help me exercise and loose weight… Lost 27 pounds so far…
Your story is and inspiration and I will watch from afar. Are you still going to make Eugene? I hope to be ther in the crowd… Britt