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Be Fierce, Be Strong, Be a Competitor

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Racing is a fierce sport. Take no prisoners. Competition. Racing is thrilling spine-tingling adrenaline pushing pressing competing. Pain. fighting. lactic acid. MENTAL TOUGHNESS Running is a test. Against yourself. Your competitors are there to PUSH you to your best. Competition is a gift. THEY will elevate you, take you places you didn’t think you could go. PUSH you past pain thresholds your mind told you you’d never go. Racing is fierce. It’s better than a blood sport, it’s a game of wills. You are the pawn, the King, the Queen, and dictator. You control what the body puts out. Be fierce. Be strong. Be a competitor. You amped yet? Good luck to anyone and everyone racing this weekend…track season is always so freaking exciting! 🙂 ——– NEVER fear your competition…they are there to help you. Read more… Race day tips HERE A little dark or serious today? More posts on MOTIVATION and CARTOONS 🙂 ——– 1) Finish these sentences: Race day is… 2) When I think of my competition, I… 3) I am in control of my race, I know I’ve put my best out there by…

Runner Feet Be Keeping it Classy

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If you’re a runner looking for a dapper fellow, look no further… May all your feet be keeping it classy. 😉 ————– Some funny related matter: Do speed goggles exist?? Is being in a relationship with a runner a blessing or a curse? (umm, total blessing!!) The HOTTEST Friday night dates around. More running MOTIVATION and CARTOONS Have you heard my big news, yet?!?! 🙂 ————– 1) ‘Staches, yay or nay?? 2) Do you have something funny to share, joke, pun, anything…we all need a laugh.

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NEW RELEASE! New to Amazon…BUY TODAY! BUY TODAY! A touch of whimsy, dash of dark, and ample sarcasm, this edgy new series is to be enjoyed by adults, or rather, those who refuse to grow up. There is much more going on behind my eye-catching character artwork from Instagram than mere captions have cited. I am excited to share the tales and backstory to each, and truly bring to life the people behind those big eyes! This art and short fiction just can’t be fully enjoyed squinted and crammed down to a micro-scale IG frame…now you can stop squinting, OPEN YOUR EYES and BUY TODAY!! It delights me so to hear what you think, so kind readers, send the good, the bad, the twisty or ugly my way by way of review… For those who enjoy…beware and be pleased this is only the first volume… GET ‘AND THEN SHE SWALLOWED THE WOLF: VOLUME 1″ ON AMAZON TODAY! —————– ‘Shay and the Caterpillar’ – This isn’t just a children’s book, this is a book for anyone who’s ever struggled with the feeling that they weren’t enough. Because you ARE. All Shay wished she could be was colorful. But it seemed no matter how hard she wished or how hard she looked for color, it wasn’t to be. That was until the day the Caterpillar showed her just how bright she made the world. Follow along with Shay in her journey to finding color, with a message and uniquely whimsical illustrations children and adults alike will delight in. So even if you don’t have children yourself, I encourage you to take a read. Plus, I’ll bet you DO know a little girl or boy who does love a good story with kick-butt graphics. And parents, I doubly encourage you to make this Continue Reading →

Effective Mental Strategy: My first instructional comic book for runners!

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I’m excited to share my first RUNNING book: “Effective Mental Strategy: Race better by out-thinking your brain”!! Running hard hurts. In order to race and train your best you need to block out that pain and stay in an effective mindset. This ebook will teach you strategies to refute those pain messages from your brain and refute that voice telling you to “Stop!” and “Slow down!” Also included are insights from professional distance runners sharing the tips THEY USE to stay mentally tough during workouts and races. These rocking runners, Sarah Brown, Sara Hall, and Jason Hartmann, your brain would go dizzy counting up all their accolades: World Championship Teams, Pan Am Gold, Marathon Titles, you name it! I’ve chosen to use my cartoons as teaching tools to make the reading fun and engaging. I mean humor DOES make everything better and, after all, while training and racing does require an amount of seriousness, running IS fun. And running personal records are even MORE fun! This ‘instructional comic book’ is written BY a runner; because who better to poke fun at our crazy quirks and thoughts than a runner herself?!! BUY NOW to order this awesome ebook in PDF form here– $9.99! *Please indicate if the email you’d prefer the ebook be sent to is different from your payment email address. This running ebook is also available in the Kindle version at the Amazon store: BUY IT HERE!

Runner’s Strip: Showers

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It’s not a crime if you went running in the morning but have yet to shower by 5pm 6pm 8pm 9pm until right before you go to bed. 😉 Happy Monday, Running Friends, and if that means you are one of the poor souls who have to leave home for work…theeeen, maybe you’ve gotten that shower. Don’t worry, you have the weekend to look forward to lounging around in running clothes all day! 😉 ——– More Running Cartoons! ——– 1) How did your Monday start? 2) Are you a bit lax when it comes to the post-run shower RIGHT away?? 3) Best thing happening for you this week?

Runner’s Strip Cartoon Movie Shorts: Hill Repeats

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Because we’ve ALL had those prickly bush fantasies in the middle of a workout or race. “I’ll bet hucking myself into that tangle of nettles will be a LOT less painful than what I’m doing now.” It may not always be a prickly bush, but the mind certainly has a crazy way of looking for any excuse to get you to stop running. Fighting those ‘excuses’ and telling yourself to IGNORE that whiney voice inside your head is something ALL runners deal with. Constantly. We know that complainer, that voice telling us that we can’t, will always be there. We start every race and workout aware that the time will come when the pain sets in, but we ALSO tell ourselves that we CAN push much further past what that whiney, compliany, snot-nosed little voice tells us. Run mentally tough…abstain from hucking yourself into that prickly bush. Well, at least until you’ve gotten through all the repeats, then, well, do what you will. 😉 ——— Be a GAMER: How to be confident going into workouts and races Master Your Nerves: How to use pre-race nerves to your advantage More posts on mental toughness HERE More Runner’s Strip Cartoon Movie Shorts HERE ———- 1) What was your last ‘prickly bush fantasy’? A bush. 2) What are some other funny thoughts/fantasies you’ve had during workouts or races? 3) What has become the best way for you to stay mentally tough during workouts and races? What’s your most-used tool?

Please Don’t Lick the Merchandise

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Don’t worry, if your local donut shop has an ‘You lick it, you buy it’ policy, CLEARLY they aren’t familiar with runners. We’ll lick it, we’ll lick ALL of them if you force our hand…errr, foot?? It’s kinda cold outside, what with winter and all that, but get your run on, blast the heater, and crack open those pints…errr, half-gallons?? 😉 Yes we’re runners, yes we’ve earned it, so if we want to lick at will…well, we will!! 🙂 ———- Certainly we love to dream and drool about all the glorious tasty delights we’ll be entitled too after those runs, BUT we also make sure to fuel ourselves up right. Eat to perform, right!??! Tips on all that HERE Motivation to get your run on HERE…then you can hit the donut shop. More laughs? Cartoons and comics HERE ———- 1) Are you a sweet or salty kinda person? I dream in cakes and sugar. 2) Last food you ‘day dream/ran dreamed’, and looked forward to post-run? 3) Go-to healthy post-run snack? Cottage cheese and a muffin.

Sunday Morning Running Inspiration

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You’re a runner. You’re special. It’s okay to think that. [Click to enlarge, but please if you’d like prints of any work you see here contact me! 🙂 ] PS- For all you runnerdudes just pretend that the hair isn’t there. Unless you’ve got long hair, double points if you’ve got a mullet! The words still apply, maybe the could be added on to the arms… ——– MENTAL head games tips HERE More MOTIVATION More CARTOONS ——– 1) What are your Sunday plans? Sunday runday status? 2) Come up with a line of text you would add to this.

Runner’s Strip Animation: Where ‘Normal World’ and ‘Runner World’ Intersect

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There’s ‘Normal People World’ and ‘Runner World’…but the best place is where they intersect. Running is a special sport because you could be 1-foot or 7-feet, 3 lbs or 300 lbs, not have a lick of coordination, but if you put in the work and are motivated you WILL improve. That’s it. Of course that motivation part is what defines the sport and no amount of good genes can make up for a lacking there. On the flip side that’s what makes running even more fun and exciting…it’s the MENTAL factor. That gamer-trait and tough as dirt runner spirit are what makes those stories of triumph, the inspiration the breeds motivation in others, and thus makes a nice little circle. It’s the circle of (runner) life?? 😉 And let’s be honest, the ‘Real World’ can get downright stressful, glum, and hum-drum at times…so it’s always refreshing to be able to escape, if for only a short bit, into ‘Runner World’. Run. Smile. Live. —– More Runner’s Strip Cartoon Animation Shorts HERE!! Post on the METNAL factor of running HERE —– 1) What does your ‘strip’ to runner world look like? Do you have to wear a certain uniform to work/school, or do you try to get away with wearing runner clothes as often as possible? Ummm…take a guess? 2) What’s one genetic trait that you may be lacking in but doesn’t matter in ‘Runner World’? No coordination. Like negative 200. But I can turn left and run straight! 3) What’s something that inspired or motivated you recently? My dad. He used to run casually but now he’s running ultra’s.

America’s Next Top Running Shirt Model

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Get ready 2014…we’ve got some BIG things coming!!! #artyrunnerchick #runningshirts #sweatsandthecity #bigplans #makeityouryear #runforyourdreams Stay tuned, Runner Friends, I’ve been busily working away on a few exciting projects…I can’t wait to share!! Enjoy the last night of 2013…kiss that old year good-bye and kick it to the curb because a New Year is on the horizon and YOU CAN make it one heck of an awesome ride run! 😉 ——- NEWEST Running shirt!! Runner’s Strip Comic Movie Shorts!! Running MOTIVATION ——- 1) What was a high point of 2013 for you? Moving closer to my sib’s and being with them for the holidays. 2) What is something you’re glad to kick to the curb with 2013? Hopefully stupid leg injuries and being REALLY inflexible. 3) What are you looking forward to in 2014? I’ll quote AM/PM…”too much good stuff” 4) What is a running goal for you this New Year?