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I have continued to run faster. It’s not a fluke! I managed to completely tire myself out over the weekend.…
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I go on a run almost every Wednesday with someone at work. We’ve been going outside for the most part,…
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1. DenialAs your eyes slowly adjust to the bright lights and you find you can’t move, of course you’re going…
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My husband and I are discussing what I might do for next year’s solo trip. I really want to do…
Continue ReadingThe Best Kind of Coincidence
I listen to the weekly podcast “Writing Excuses.” I’ve been listening for almost a year now. I keep meaning to…
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Until I started doing Crossfit last year, the sum whole of my experience with rope climbing came from books and…
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I had heard that this class was a hard class. So hard, that an extra fee was attached to it…
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