…stop running you fool. Here’s the good news. For those of you who could care one iota about running, I won’t be hitting the pavement for a long time, so I may not be blogging much about it either. Then again, I may need the catharsis because my dear husband encouraged me to get anRead the whole post >>
Race Recap: Athens Half
This isn’t going to be a lengthy recap or review of Sunday’s Half. It’s more of an ode to my body for taking me across that finish line and allowing the strong spirit within me to give me a 1:44 finish time even when my injured leg/bum (dealing with piriformis syndrome and possible minor hamstringRead the whole post >>
Free love*
*Alternately titled: Free Therapy for Kate Wicker The dreaded running injury I went on and and on about here has turned out to not be quite as devastating as I thought. I have a tendency to ruminate and worry before I even know how badly things really are, and scouring online forums doesn’t help sinceRead the whole post >>
I get knocked down, but I get up again
I’ve written before about how seeing our bodies as instruments rather than objects goes a long way in boosting our body image. But what happens when despite our best efforts to take care of it, this instrument of ours doesn’t work properly? What then? I was supposed to run a 15K today. In two weeksRead the whole post >>
Scale Sickness
As my regular readers know, I’ve gotten back into running after a long hiatus. It’s been about year now since I’ve been running regularly again, and it feels great. I feel strong, and I see a marked improvement in my levels of anxiety on the mornings I roll out of my bed for an earlyRead the whole post >>