Learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable
Over the past few years I’ve gotten considerably faster as a runner, cutting my PRs by about a third at all of the major distances from the mile to the […]
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How running gave me the courage to heal
The fact is stark but surreal, and I often have to remind myself that it is actually true, that I was once involved in an abusive relationship. The details are […]
Fighting the sneaky self-hate spiral
(The title is a take-off on Hyperbole and a Half’s “Sneaky Hate Spiral,” which pulled me out of a Sneaky Sad Spiral last week. Credit where it’s due!) The first […]
The adductor/abductor machine: a scam aimed at women
Back in my early years as a baby gym rat, I used to make a point to hit the abductor/adductor machine at least twice a week. I thought that by […]
Some thoughts on mental health and running
I spent a lot of time this weekend thinking about Amy Winehouse, about how we lost an enormously talented woman and how sad and completely predictable her death was. But, […]
Fit and Feminist 