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When it all comes crashing down
There are times in life when you feel like everything is FINALLY coming together, like life is finally making sense. And you are happy. Really, truly happy and excited for what’s to come....
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Recovery: On realizing you aren’t superhuman
It’s been 6 weeks since that fateful run where lightning bolts shot down my leg. When the initial MRI was taken, and my sentence was given (12 weeks until running, etc.), a part of me held out hope in...
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Race Happy
I feared my return to racing, and I faced that fear. I feared not being the athlete that I once was, and I’ve wrestled with my struggle to live up to those expectations in the rebuilding process. What...
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The Injury Commandments
While it’s not something I’m exactly proud of, if there’s one thing I’ve become well-versed in this past year and a half, it’s been dealing with injury. And not because I’m the master of recovering and...
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A Year of Return to Running Logs
Several months ago, I promised that I would share my return to running logs for those interested, not thinking that anyone would actually want to see them. Heh. Apparently, some folks were interested....
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2018: The Year of Letting Go
Several months ago, I had a long conversation with one of my best friends from law school. “Amelia,” she said, “You are really good at holding on to ropes. And you excel at making sure you don’t let...
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Don’t Fight the Water
When I first started swimming, I couldn’t understand why it was so hard. I knew there were probably a million reasons for it (my last swimming lessons being at 8 years old, super long limbs and short...
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The Recovery I Needed
In March, after sustaining my fourth stress fracture in the past three years, I wrote that it was time to take a step back and re-evaluate – to stop “fighting the water.” I’ve fought like hell these...
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Our Bodies, Our Responsibility, and the Media
(Content warning: This post contains my thoughts and feelings around my body and pictures of me. There are no numbers, behaviors, or weights.) In early 2017, Men’s Health reached out to me to feature...
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Eggs on Ice: My Experience with Egg Freezing
In February of this past year, I had a moment of panic. I was 37, recently single, and facing down the realization that if I wanted kids, my window may be passing. I wrote an entire piece for Outside...
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