This summer I ran a 50k in Western North Carolina and a met a new friend - someone I'd run the entire race with.

We briefly chatted about our race strategy, which mostly involved listening to our bodies, hiking uphills (time for talking, eating, and drinking), and running downhills & "flats" (not much is flat on trails in WNC).

During the race we talked about her experience running ultras, and she told me that she runs at a "gratitude pace".

A pace where she literally feels grateful for her health and strength, and can maintain a comfortable conversation.

Last weekend while we were on a hike at Catawba Falls with the Resilient Retreat in North Carolina, I invited everyone to embrace their "gratitude pace":

• to move at your own speed

• take as few or many breaks as you'd like, and above all,

• feel the gratitude of being in the forest, in community, and alive.

Where in your life could you apply the gratitude pace?

Maybe you aren't training for a race, but maybe there's a project or a goal you've been challenging yourself to complete - what if this week, you moved at a pace that allowed you to tap back into why you crossed the start line in the first place? What would it feel like? What would you do next?

Until next week -

Leslie

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