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Tune Up, Wake Up: Eleven Weeks to the Marathon
Better to find out today than 11 weeks from now on First Avenue at mile 17 of the NYC Marathon.
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Free and Light
My friend plays a Michael Jackson song and lands somewhere in 1985. I took my eleven year old on a trip and walked into a room where a teenage girl…
Read MoreThe Penance Miles: What the Music Made Room For
When I drank heavily, I never ran with music. I called it purism. It wasn’t. Running was repayment. On penance, music, and what the muse actually needs.
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The Rule of Thirds: A Runner’s Guide to the Days That Suck
I used to run 10 miles the morning after drinking everybody under the table and call it a badge of honor. Now I run by a different rule: the rule…
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Hope & Possibility
The Achilles Race had a name. It took me four miles to realize it was also an instruction.
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How Hearing Loss Changed My Perspective on Sound
On losing my hearing, mishearing my way into better stories, and the tools I resisted before they gave me back more than they cost. Pick pocketers, a man named Jordie,…
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The Marathon Training Plan I Abandoned and the One I Just Signed Up For
Last fall the Sober Sis community pulled me away from my running training plan. The eighth marathon happened anyway. Now there’s a ninth and a Tuesday 5:30am alarm.
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The Clock I Actually Live By
An estradiol patch, a Carnegie Hall calendar, and why I cannot manage my own time without both.
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Nicollet Mall
JFK to MSP. Road warrior, in town for work. I skipped the car service. The light rail was easy. Fast. Cheap. And then I stepped off the train and went…
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