Author: Emily Dickey

Have you ever set a goal that you then cowered away from because it scared you too much? On Saturday, Nov. 20, more than 1,000 runners lined up at the starting line of the JFK 50-miler in downtown Boonsboro, Maryland. Each of them spent months training, dreaming, fearing, anticipating this race, knowing that the reality of endurance running is that there is no predicting what will happen on race day. The JFK 50-miler is one of those goals that has been too scary for me to set. It’s also one of those goals that sits on my bucket list and finds…

When was the last time you sat in a theater and cried? When was the last time you sat in a theater and laughed?When was the last time you sat in a theater and allowed yourself to be taken into a story? When was the last time you sat in a theater and watched a live show? Theater has been a part of my life since I auditioned for the WASHS All-School Production of Meet Me in St. Louis during my junior year. I wasn’t any good. I had no stage presence. I could carry a tune but didn’t have…

Over the weekend we were blessed with an extra hour of Sunday. When I saw Daylight Saving Time on the calendar for Nov. 7, I was ecstatic. Who doesn’t want an extra hour? There are so many days I am wishing for a few more hours in the day, aren’t we all? But when I finally got that extra hour, what did I do with it?Well, to be quite honest, I slept. I slept like it was nobody’s business. I slept for not only that extra hour, but I took the liberty to sleep a good solid 9 hours and…

What is “Hit the Ground Running”? On June 12, 2020, the world was in the middle of a standstill. Do you remember that? If you do, you’ll remember that we were in a time of uncertainty, a time of fear, a time that felt out of control. On that day, I decided to start a running streak – a promise to run at least one mile every day. I learned about this phenomenon from my close friend, Angie Fuss, who has a more than 9-year streak (that’s not a typo – that’s a fact). I didn’t have a goal of…