Macario Mora Media

Apr

2018

Own the Struggle

doubt, fitness, half marathon, run, running, work harder

05 Apr 2018

I know them when I see them. They’re often grouped together conversing happily having developed relationships while enduring miles of pavement and trails together. They don’t dress in festive attire like the hundreds of amateurs milling about nervously stretching before the race...

Mar

2018

Slow Down, The Journey is Now

camping, family, hiking, Nature

Macario Mora

All, Blog

30 Mar 2018

I rush through life. Where I’m going I had never been certain, but I was always certain it was a better place. I was certain through persistence and will I would inevitably conquer any obstacle before me to obtain the greener pasture....

Mar

2018

Shamrock Half Marathon

discomfort, half marathon, meditation, race, run, shamrock

Macario Mora

All, Blog

21 Mar 2018

The race started two hours later than the Phoenix Half Marathon, but it still took more effort than I feel comfortable to admit to rise from my bed on a Sunday and head out the door while everyone else slept. The morning...

Mar

2018

Defeating the Alarm Clock, Apathy

alarm, fitness, health, motivation, rising early, running

Macario Mora

All, Blog

07 Mar 2018

Jocko Willink posts a photo on his Instagram every day of his wrist watch: 4:30 a.m. The former SEAL Team 6 commander always rises by 4:30 a.m., often earlier but never later. I browse Instagram daily looking at numerous inspirational people’s accounts,...

Mar

2018

Chasing a High

exercise, meditation, mindfulness, run, running

Macario Mora

All, Blog

06 Mar 2018

I get obsessed over ideas. The obsession often lasts briefly before I move onto the next idea that piques my interest. But, on rare occasions, I come across something that I add to my little toolbox that I carry with me through...

Mar

2018

To Satisfy Your Id, Exercise the Ego, Enhance the Super-Ego – Part 1

body, health, mind, nutrition, psychology, spirit

Macario Mora

All, Blog

05 Mar 2018

What is the Id, Ego, Super-ego? Sigmund Fraud defined the psychic apparatus (mind) as a theoretical construct divided into three segments: id, ego and super-ego. These three make the totality of the conscious and unconscious mind and represent your worldly persona and...

Mar

2018

And So I Ran

blog, doubt, exercise, Marines, running

Macario Mora

All, Blog

01 Mar 2018

I find it difficult to consider myself a runner. I used my legs in my youth to walk to school, play ‘real’ sports like basketball and football, and race other kids on the playground or at home. For much of my life,...

Nov

2017

Arizona – Revised

Arizona, family, fiction, History

Macario Mora

All, Literature, Short Stories

30 Nov 2017

God’s country is how my grandfather described it. An arid wasteland is what stands before me now, but the limitless palette of the setting sun does commence one to wondering about the divine. Many here believe in the divine. The Catholics, Protestants,...

Oct

2017

Arizona – Page 6

Arizona, desert, highway, traveling

Macario Mora

All, Literature, Short Stories

13 Oct 2017

There’s 116 miles between Phoenix and Tucson. Most of that long stretch along the I10 is an unremarkable desert with occasional dust devils making an appearance to break up the monotony. The well-maintained interstate can be a congested nightmare at the worst...

Oct

2017

Arizona – Page 5

Arizona, fiction, History, short story

Macario Mora

All, Literature, Short Stories

03 Oct 2017

However, I searched. I searched for our history, a lost history. A history that takes shape in so many ways depending on who was telling you the Moreno story. But, those were just stories. I needed proof, but all I had to...