I grew up in a Weight Watchers household, viewing fat and carbs as the enemy, and learning from a very young age what “points” were. I’ve always been tall and was acutely aware of whether I was gaining or losing weight, thanks to ongoing body-related comments, courtesy of my mother. So going on my first […]
I fell in love for the first time when I was 15. It was exhilarating, a feeling that I can only describe as the warm sensation of being home. Nothing else matters, you are okay right where you are in that moment, totally content in the joy of the energy that love is. It was […]
The human body is absolutely incredible and something that deserves to be celebrated on a daily basis. It grows and develops. It changes over time and throughout the years. It adapts to the stress we put on it and gets stronger. And yet think about how we often talk about our bodies. It is usually […]
Mid way through college, I started to look at pros in the sport. I knew that is what I wanted, and I was trying to figure out the details of how to make it possible for me to make a career as a runner. I noticed the lean muscles on many of America’s best distance […]
Being a high school runner is hard. Pressure to get good grades, be accepted by your peers and get into a good college are compounded by pressure to run fast and perform well. Being a female high school runner though, is even harder. Your bodies are changing in a way that may negatively impact your performance and […]
I started running in high school because one of my soccer teammates won a race. She had joined the winter track team to stay in shape for soccer and wouldn’t you know it, she was one of the fastest on the team. I knew I was faster than her though. If she could win a […]
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