motivation – theCauseCoach

My 25th Anniversary New York City Marathon

November 27, 2022March 9, 2024thecausecoach

It’s been three weeks, so here’s my overdue reflection on the 2022 New York City Marathon.

November 2, 1997. That was the day I crossed my first marathon finish line. It was a cool and rainy day in New York City. My family – Chris, his mom, my parents, my boss, and my friend Kevin – out on First Avenue. On the west side of the street, just above 66th Street. Wet and cold, jockeying for position at the barricade in order to have a front row seat for the 30 seconds or so it would take me to pass by.

Podcast S1|E24: John Jaeger, 50 Marathons for Mercy Home

June 15, 2022March 9, 2024thecausecoach

John Jaeger, board member and long-time supporter of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls has challenged himself to run marathons in all 50 states!

A “How-To” Guide to Running (or Walking) Every Street in (your) Town

November 17, 2020December 23, 2020thecausecoach

It may be more challenging to get workouts in right now with gyms closed. Exercising, however, is a necessary tool to maintaining our mental health. Especially important right now. Where I am in northern Illinois, we are again being asked to adhere to some strict guidelines around social distancing including a new “stay-at-home recommendation” which went into effect yesterday.

How virtual challenges are keeping me motivated and saving my sanity

July 28, 2020January 10, 2021thecausecoach

Let’s continue the discussion about virtual races we started three months ago with “Do Virtual Races Count?” I still feel my conclusion is accurate, that virtual races should count in whatever way you want them to count, although by July, I had lost interest in them for the most part.

14 life lessons learned in 24 years running

March 5, 2020January 2, 2021thecausecoach

This week marks the beginning of my 25th year as a runner. On March 4, 1996 I laced up my shoes for the first time and with really no idea of what I was doing podded through a two mile ring of my apartment building in Hackensack, New Jersey. (Read about that HERE).