To blog or not to blog?

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"Hardergrat"Switzerland 18'


To Blog. It's 2019, and I'm now a blogger? I've felt over sometime now that I'd like to share my mountain lifestyle journey with others, but I kept going back to an internal back and forth dialogue with myself where the voice whispering, " no one wants to read what's in your mind, and what you are learning in your simple existence", kept over powering the consistent "do it" voice. So here I am Blogging. 

What to expect? I simply want to be honest and open about my experiences living a mountain endurance lifestyle. All the aspects of my life: work, home, spirituality, relationships and friendships support the lifestyle in which I seek to live. Transcending above the status quo; listening to, becoming all that I am and hope to become by moving in the direction towards that simple lifestyle. That lifestyle that moves me and stirs with in me to become my best self each and everyday. I want to share my journey with you. So I can perhaps support you in yours. So here we go. Into the "Interwebs". 



My name is Anna Mae Flynn. I run for HOKA ONE ONE and my racing nutrition is Honey Stinger. My favorite shoe is the Torrent. I've been trail racing since 2015. Some of my favorite trail races include the likes of: Way Too Cool 50k, Lake Sonoma 50, Broken Arrow 50k, Transvulcania 75k, Speedgoat 50k and Pikes Peak Ascent. I love trail racing, but I've found my main drive is in the day to day process in training. I live off grid in a solar powered home in Marble, CO with my partner Paul Hamilton. I have two savage dogs: Foscoe and Magi. My goal is to become my best self in everything I do. The mountain endurance lifestyle is how I have come to transform myself each and every day win or lose the race.

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  1. UnknownMarch 8, 2019 at 11:31 AM

    I get to be the first to comment, how about that? Clicked subscribe -- check! :)

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  2. Mountain Endurance CoachingMarch 8, 2019 at 11:57 AM

    Holla Jireh!!! :)

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  3. Micah WardApril 20, 2019 at 8:46 AM

    To blog or not to blog. Yes, do. I have the same doubts and sometimes wonder if anyone (other than my mother, wife and daughters) actually read anything I write. But stay with it. It's just like training, you will have great posts and not so great posts, but you just keep going. Looking forward to following your blog.

    Micah Ward
    Fernandina Beach, FL
    www.micahward262.com

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