1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894</id><updated>2026-09-26T23:35:13.201-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Running Anthropologist</title><subtitle type='html'>A place to explore the culture of running, and movement as therapy for the body, mind &amp; spirit!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>90</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-1911204345997112251</id><published>2026-06-24T07:41:02.472-07:00</published><updated>2026-06-24T07:42:49.938-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marathon Handbook Collaboration & Interview</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oG2zL0c8GbQIDMOCcPdQkUyw2ogjh-bAp1SNShwn-vTO2hPcNcb0ThvRIsq-hE9ABd9AEsn37gI2okVw3uvHdmg59qfObZX9dZjhCL6Y6JPFevzDHPyNhjc36_c9UEEMeBwac0byNLogCkQFiDqrpjvVDeRMMBFx6zip_PFOgaoSVpWGI92BuLdVTboY/s827/Screenshot%202026-06-22%209.07.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="809" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oG2zL0c8GbQIDMOCcPdQkUyw2ogjh-bAp1SNShwn-vTO2hPcNcb0ThvRIsq-hE9ABd9AEsn37gI2okVw3uvHdmg59qfObZX9dZjhCL6Y6JPFevzDHPyNhjc36_c9UEEMeBwac0byNLogCkQFiDqrpjvVDeRMMBFx6zip_PFOgaoSVpWGI92BuLdVTboY/w626-h640/Screenshot%202026-06-22%209.07.51%20AM.png" width="626" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://marathonhandbook.com/author/mark-lane-holbert/">Link to Marathon Handbook Articles</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: color(srgb 0.980392 0.972549 0.960784); border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Over the past few months Iâve had the pleasure of collaborating with Marathon Handbook on a series of pieces exploring topics around "The Psychology of Running": how the mind impacts our running practice and vice versa (how running shapes our mental health / inner lives). Weâve looked at everything from the history and practice of running therapy, to marathon mindset and dealing with inevitable slumps/challenges, to the quiet power of mentorship, generativity, and those humble 1% improvements that compound over time. Along the way, Iâve tried to bring together clinical insight, current research, and the lived reality of runners who are juggling training with work, family, stress, and everything else life throws at them.</span></span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: color(srgb 0.980392 0.972549 0.960784); border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If youâre interested in topics like movement as medicine for the mind, purpose-based training, running therapy versus running as therapeutic practice, or how to build sustainable habits without burning out, you can find the full collection of my Marathon Handbook articles above!</span></span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: color(srgb 0.980392 0.972549 0.960784); border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As part of this collaboration, I also joined Marathon Handbook founder Thomas Watson for a âRun Long Run Healthyâ conversation, where we dig into purpose-based positive psychologyâparticularly logotherapy (finding meaning in both joyful and difficult things or even "failure")âand how a sense of meaning can sustain runners through injury, plateau, and life beyond the finish line. If youâre curious about how mental health and a sense of purpose in endurance running fit together, you can watch/listen to the interview here:</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB-3Vpijw1Nuck0rXP5oV4tEtUjcUDZpVEF9KF0wfWpmt-6wUSBXK8J0-ykZog8F5ScWdT_bIprMnycB7aqHVOM9UzRWF7S_l3irRpi98yehfWLvpqFtLmQhnQ2TyYrsAOnY5QjV2oWq04zq1alAqJmurTlD411v6EJcoEpE_YrYCs1moeOzvQk7z69Aw/s549/Screenshot%202026-06-22%209.15.08%20AM.png" style="background-color: white; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="549" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB-3Vpijw1Nuck0rXP5oV4tEtUjcUDZpVEF9KF0wfWpmt-6wUSBXK8J0-ykZog8F5ScWdT_bIprMnycB7aqHVOM9UzRWF7S_l3irRpi98yehfWLvpqFtLmQhnQ2TyYrsAOnY5QjV2oWq04zq1alAqJmurTlD411v6EJcoEpE_YrYCs1moeOzvQk7z69Aw/w400-h225/Screenshot%202026-06-22%209.15.08%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/JEM2Y5GHlJk?si=JPNgWISYXlDrR_2L" style="background-color: white;">Link to Podcast Interview</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/1911204345997112251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/06/marathon-handbook-collaboration.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/1911204345997112251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/1911204345997112251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/06/marathon-handbook-collaboration.html' title='Marathon Handbook Collaboration & Interview'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oG2zL0c8GbQIDMOCcPdQkUyw2ogjh-bAp1SNShwn-vTO2hPcNcb0ThvRIsq-hE9ABd9AEsn37gI2okVw3uvHdmg59qfObZX9dZjhCL6Y6JPFevzDHPyNhjc36_c9UEEMeBwac0byNLogCkQFiDqrpjvVDeRMMBFx6zip_PFOgaoSVpWGI92BuLdVTboY/s72-w626-h640-c/Screenshot%202026-06-22%209.07.51%20AM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-955418910190259243</id><published>2026-06-20T15:29:29.907-07:00</published><updated>2026-06-21T05:50:29.904-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Father's Day Run Poem</title><content type='html'><p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidFeiD0UiEWS89oBh2lr94G2XDquJVgCz598izCai8LXsR94QpX2B3S0qQ5kTx0olBWdYMo3RkMH2_CMoRWyWLfB8Vgta8s6PB7p7uIpHvlfWQVl-EW0LtP9vHs-MwLGuaWNB_USNSi-cfn0FbkTX816MZnjzeod-1aV0HGvJYPOTojpodBa8YKYxaKW_1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="657" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidFeiD0UiEWS89oBh2lr94G2XDquJVgCz598izCai8LXsR94QpX2B3S0qQ5kTx0olBWdYMo3RkMH2_CMoRWyWLfB8Vgta8s6PB7p7uIpHvlfWQVl-EW0LtP9vHs-MwLGuaWNB_USNSi-cfn0FbkTX816MZnjzeod-1aV0HGvJYPOTojpodBa8YKYxaKW_1" width="256" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Art of Being totally present to all this joy.</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1b63e957-7fff-2d88-76e2-2f98b035ca4b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I run in the woods,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on a parkâs gravel path, or on the road around our neighborhood,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sometimes I am gifted to run alongside my daughter.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She sprints ahead by instinct,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hair wild, laughter backlighting her pace,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">knowing with absolute certainty that she can beat me.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope she keeps this self-confidence forever, stretchingâ¦</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In her is my motherâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her spirit of spontaneity, Her stubborn desire to win.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In her is her motherâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
1Beautiful and steadfast, her quirky love and joy in besting me.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Running alongside my daughter,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(we cannot yet match our strides, she is seven)</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the clomp of our shoes together is sheer exuberance, </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">syncing to some offbeat rhythm, which I do not understand. I do know</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it is enough to make a father break down from beauty.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Streetching... As she pulls the horizon closer with sun drenched eyes and arms reaching,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">feeling an acute ache of wonder surge,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know I will remember this moment.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will journal about this one, I will rehearse it in my mind.</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some day I will tell her the story of these runsâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">she likely wonât remember them.</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That's OK- they will still be here,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in her DNA</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and muscle (heart) memory.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It happened. We both shared in this one radiant moment of existence. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perhaps this is how time teaches usâ with the distance between our breaths and bodies, streeetchingâ¦</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My thoughts ripple days and years into the future. I can see time passing</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">through her longer strides,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">her laughter at my Old Dad Paceâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not in frames like time bounding past in a race,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but in those contemplative elongated strides on recovery day, accompanied with sheer delight that I get to do this, one more time.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But for now, the world unfolds in mystery before her, before us.</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A long road- unscripted, unclimbed</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(yesâ Iâve learned again that climbing can be part of a run,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as can found treasures and pausing for fort builds, berries or squirrels).&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And here I am, steady, just a step behind and at her side, I lean in. How could I be anywhere else? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I learn again </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the subtle art of letting go by stretching to try to embrace it all, knowing this moment will not come again.</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not exactly like this. It says: âHere I am. Revel in me. Donât be bashful, Take it all in! Grab my hand, and streeeetch!â</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perhaps this is the art of being totally present</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to all this joy.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5bOf0AfAF_wOe6ez4vSQucHveoGF0-x4FYptfoStVWi_BMpK8V6agLskPEJlZopNdMqtFX7EgztrXEFWFsZKuZR9-ECTpycY8FYki4vfaKqsqFZxxcAi2QUBLM5kDq_L3Gi7XIAN2GBFe4BQhb525Y3CK8P16RojeGUEdI_hCpxxt-36sbPJbtNRb1Hj/s4032/IMG_1540.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5bOf0AfAF_wOe6ez4vSQucHveoGF0-x4FYptfoStVWi_BMpK8V6agLskPEJlZopNdMqtFX7EgztrXEFWFsZKuZR9-ECTpycY8FYki4vfaKqsqFZxxcAi2QUBLM5kDq_L3Gi7XIAN2GBFe4BQhb525Y3CK8P16RojeGUEdI_hCpxxt-36sbPJbtNRb1Hj/w240-h239/IMG_1540.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/955418910190259243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/06/fathers-day-run-poem.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/955418910190259243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/955418910190259243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/06/fathers-day-run-poem.html' title='A Father's Day Run Poem'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidFeiD0UiEWS89oBh2lr94G2XDquJVgCz598izCai8LXsR94QpX2B3S0qQ5kTx0olBWdYMo3RkMH2_CMoRWyWLfB8Vgta8s6PB7p7uIpHvlfWQVl-EW0LtP9vHs-MwLGuaWNB_USNSi-cfn0FbkTX816MZnjzeod-1aV0HGvJYPOTojpodBa8YKYxaKW_1=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-3031789664611582528</id><published>2026-05-15T10:34:17.687-07:00</published><updated>2026-05-16T14:42:44.814-07:00</updated><title type='text'>IART's Dr. Natae Feenstra on Running as Therapy for Trauma</title><content type='html'><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Episode 82: Our interview with Dr. Natae Feenstra</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is now available to hear and share on Apple, Spotify, and most podcast feeds.</span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-m3VG0PB9gwDWJ1_w5nZgtmSeU0Z1eLnWiLPdoI2-uP4Z8ucp6h74oKG6Q83HjZWcmoCPEqvRGJM5H36gRq8tWSxum7zVlvaSDyCYqbPjmOAfmLZTrNiUV9Gv7dJDdNe3pn4pEKv5gU5spWF6hnUBYtDuJkxhD-Z7dTqM_E4og0bn77V4mTFrqgZTOmL/s2969/NF%20Photo.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2969" data-original-width="2581" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-m3VG0PB9gwDWJ1_w5nZgtmSeU0Z1eLnWiLPdoI2-uP4Z8ucp6h74oKG6Q83HjZWcmoCPEqvRGJM5H36gRq8tWSxum7zVlvaSDyCYqbPjmOAfmLZTrNiUV9Gv7dJDdNe3pn4pEKv5gU5spWF6hnUBYtDuJkxhD-Z7dTqM_E4og0bn77V4mTFrqgZTOmL/s320/NF%20Photo.jpeg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Natae Feenstra, "Therapy Steps" Counseling Founder</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-dc04b727-7fff-20dd-407e-6d8362641705"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this episode of the Running Anthropologist podcast, our conversation explores how running can become a powerful ally in healing from trauma with Natae Feenstra, PhD, LPC, NCCâschool counselor, counselor educator, and Certified Run Walk Talk® therapist. She shares her movement origins, how she found running as part of her therapeutic toolkit, and why her original research suggests that simply running regularlyâat any pace or distanceâmay significantly reduce trauma symptoms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The episode also explores more of the emerging field of running therapy, the legacy of Dr. Thaddeus Kostrubalaâs work, and the role of the International Association of Running Therapists in advancing movement-based mental health practice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: -1.5pt; margin-top: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet Dr. Natae Feenstra</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Natae Feenstra is a licensed professional counselor and nationally certified counselor who has worked across school, community, and clinical settings. Her professional background includes school counseling, counselor education, and movement-informed therapeutic practice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is also a Certified Run Walk Talk® therapist, integrating walking and running intervals with counseling conversations in a trauma-informed framework.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the conversation, Natae reflects on how movement became central to both her life and her clinical imagination. Her own experience of running as a source of clarity, regulation, and emotional processing helped shape the questions she later brought into counseling and research.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fR7-9NMyHdKU6mx3Cxjil3Sy5jbXGkBiSHZpfx8aN3S2FsUgwygb4NfXmfoW9WDa_LojbafRu7E03fEs64yS3eJ28KaTAX76yCkANNYpEZotJxVuEhAL7JdN8U3SZlQrHyAewmJW9R9n4BZc98fmWPhJnMOILBnKq3LrI5kCN9WsoxFLs1vp32jeViWu/s640/runlikeamother5kgroup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="640" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fR7-9NMyHdKU6mx3Cxjil3Sy5jbXGkBiSHZpfx8aN3S2FsUgwygb4NfXmfoW9WDa_LojbafRu7E03fEs64yS3eJ28KaTAX76yCkANNYpEZotJxVuEhAL7JdN8U3SZlQrHyAewmJW9R9n4BZc98fmWPhJnMOILBnKq3LrI5kCN9WsoxFLs1vp32jeViWu/s320/runlikeamother5kgroup.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running Mothers Group founded by Dr. Natae Feenstra</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Running Therapy and IART- </span>That path led her to the writings of Dr. Thaddeus Kostrubala, whose work proposed that sustained running can alter consciousness, open access to intuition and memory, and function as a meaningful adjunct to psychotherapy. This framework helped her see running not only as exercise, but as a relational and therapeutic space.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As she explored this work further, Natae connected with the broader field of running therapy, an approach that combines movement and psychotherapy under the care of trained mental health professionals. This also led recently to the renewed International Association of Running Therapists, or IART, which serves as a professional community for education, collaboration, and the development of running-informed clinical and therapeutic practice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IART presents running therapy as more than fitness or coaching alone; it is a therapeutic modality that integrates psychological support with embodied movement. Its mission includes promoting training, ethical practice, and research for clinicians who use running and walking as part of mental health treatment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: -1.5pt; margin-top: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why Running Matters for Trauma- Evidence and EMDR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feenstraâs study begins from the understanding that trauma affects both mind and body, with consequences that can extend into physical health, emotional regulation, and daily functioning. Her literature review argues that trauma treatment should therefore include a psychophysiological lens rather than relying only on cognitive or verbal processing, including the powerful effect of bilateral stimulation of all kinds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A key concept in the study is bilateral stimulation, the alternating left-right sensory activation used in approaches such as EMDR. Because body movement naturally produces bilateral stimulation, running may offer a built-in physiological rhythm that supports trauma processing and symptom reduction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: -1.5pt; margin-top: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Study Summary &amp; Results</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To test these ideas, Feenstra conducted a quantitative cross-sectional study examining whether trauma symptoms among runners were comparable to those of people who had completed EMDR or had received no psychotherapy and no regular exercise. All 265 participants were adults who had experienced trauma at least one year before the study.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The sample included 92 runners, 81 people who had completed EMDR, and 92 comparison participants with trauma histories but no psychotherapy or exercise regimen. Trauma experience was confirmed using the Trauma History Questionnaire, and trauma symptoms were measured with the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>The overall results are striking. Across all three groups, the runners reported the lowest trauma symptom scores, </u>with a mean TSC-40 score of 36.043, compared with 44.609 for the comparison group and 53.914 for the EMDR group. Statistical testing showed that these differences were significant, and the study found no homogeneity violation despite the EMDR groupâs smaller sample size, allowing the analysis to move forward with confidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More specifically, post hoc analysis showed that the runner group scored significantly lower than both of the other groups. Compared with the comparison group, the effect size was medium, and compared with the EMDR group, the effect size was large. In practical terms, this means that in this sample, runners who had experienced trauma reported fewer symptoms than participants who had neither exercised nor received therapy, and also fewer symptoms than those who had recently completed EMDR.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the same time, Feenstra is careful not to overstate the findings. The EMDR results were unex
1pected, and she notes that participants who sought EMDR may have been dealing with more severe trauma, something the screening measure did not fully capture. She also points to limitations such as lack of random assignment, unequal group size, and a participant pool that was predominantly female and white.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another important result is what did not matter statistically within the runner group. Feenstra tested whether outdoor versus indoor running, weekly mileage, number of days running per week, and years of running experience predicted lower trauma symptoms, and none of these variables reached significance. That finding suggests the benefit may not depend on hitting a certain mileage threshold or training at a particular intensity, but may be tied more fundamentally to the repeated, bilateral movement of running itself.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Outdoor running deserves special mention because the article also reviews literature on ecotherapy and nature exposure. While outdoor running was not a unique predictor of lower trauma symptoms in this study, Feenstra notes that time in nature is often associated with calmer emotions, improved mental health, and accessible therapeutic benefit. In other words, the study does not prove that running outside is better than running indoors for trauma recovery, but it leaves room for the possibility that natural settings may still support healing in ways this design could not isolate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Taken together, the study supports running as a promising therapeutic treatment for trauma, while also suggesting that the simplest interpretation may be the most important one: regular running itself appears to matter more than specialized training variables. Feenstra even suggests that the innate bilateral stimulation of running may help explain why trauma symptoms were lower among runners regardless of setting, mileage, years, or weekly frequency beyond the study minimums.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: -1.5pt; margin-top: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why This Matters: What You Can Do</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For listeners, counselors, educators, and anyone interested in embodied healing, this conversation offers a practical takeaway: movement can be part of recovery, and it does not have to begin with performance goals. The study points toward the value of consistent running itself rather than elite mileage, speed, or a perfect training environment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What can be done with that insight is simple and accessible. A person recovering from trauma might begin with a gentle run-walk routine, focus on rhythm rather than pace, and pay attention to what kinds of movement feel grounding and sustainable. Clinicians and school counselors may also consider how movement-based approaches, when used ethically and within proper training, can complement more traditional forms of care. <b><i> Published article link in peer reviewed Counseling journal will be placed here June 2026.</i></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: -1.5pt; margin-top: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Links to Discover More:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therapy Steps Counseling: </span><a href="http://www.therapy-steps.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.therapy-steps.com</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">International Association of Running Therapists (IART): </span><a href="http://www.sites.google.com/view/iartusa/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.sites.google.com/view/iartusa/</span></a></p></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AgRVrubLz6c4vP1JxKdoxBsNz_732edfePazI6yy7CKYoa-I9llMk3z2q-raqJIYN2NTzb6xwx-iNVF_EyoQZI7VppziUnFrkPoM-e8EvcVD72KrogJwyzdcngPRdf9vwNtC9GfXGCBPjZU3tX
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Intl. Association of Running Therapists- North America</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8ecauYLPkl6bY_23LHrXZDrg1RpEsYl15RVShr_LP7b6R6IxNFbK2H_RSKUuP-Sxzi31nLPxZtZh7SEDfyBWu_9POHPdM3s-l7ZVqu9SB1PXnBAfjTb426qFIXcpDdCsk3zjdGt7BeLg1WvX1LL4a2QFnlUXe3U040C8YvSdreFiX-_cMum7D80yuLrQ/s1264/Screenshot%202026-04-13%209.42.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1264" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8ecauYLPkl6bY_23LHrXZDrg1RpEsYl15RVShr_LP7b6R6IxNFbK2H_RSKUuP-Sxzi31nLPxZtZh7SEDfyBWu_9POHPdM3s-l7ZVqu9SB1PXnBAfjTb426qFIXcpDdCsk3zjdGt7BeLg1WvX1LL4a2QFnlUXe3U040C8YvSdreFiX-_cMum7D80yuLrQ/w519-h265/Screenshot%202026-04-13%209.42.05%20PM.png" width="519" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/iartusa/">New IART Landing Page Resources</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.5rem 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #27251e;">This blog and podcast started with the desire to share the joy, culture and holistic wellness benefits of run-walk-run,</b><span style="color: #27251e;"> and grew immensely as I interviewed individuals pioneering running (as) therapy across the globe. So many of us maintain our mental and physical health in part by running, and have gotten through difficult times by leaning into our run-walk routine and community. As I have sought to understand this more deeply over the past decade, I found a great deal of hope and healing. Now, in 2026 I am excited to share about the renewed&nbsp;</span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/iartusa/" style="font-weight: 630;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">International Association of Running Therapists (in USA/Canada)</span></a><span style="color: #27251e;">! It&nbsp;is&nbsp;</span></span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">a network </span><span style="color: #27251e;">which exists to share the therapeutic value of movement and advance running-based therapy as a safe, ethical, and evidence-informed approach to mental health and embodied well-being. Building on the pioneering work of Thaddeus Kostrubala, who founded the first iteration of IART in the 1980s helping to establish training and practice guidelines, we are committed to honoring that legacy while updating it with today's more diverse run/walk therapy methods and stay relevant for todayâs runners, coaches, and clinicians. As a network rather than a governing body, I hope that IART today will share best practices, support training opportunities for certification, and help connect people with qualified running therapists across North America and beyond.</span></span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;">For me, this work feels especially meaningful because it brings together many of the threads that have shaped my own journey, from coaching to school counseling to re
1covery work, and finally training as a logotherapist and running therapist. Through the this project, I have had the privilege of listening to and learning from expert running therapists, therapists-in-training, coaches, and allied health practitioners who use movement as part of healing, growth, and connection. Since the pandemic and growing mental health concerns, those conversations have taken on even greater importance. In a time when many people were feeling isolated, uncertain, and cut off from normal routines, running and walking remained powerful ways to stay grounded, stay connected, and keep moving forward.</span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The idea of IART</b> is both practical and hopeful, and very much "in the process of becoming". It can provide community, mentorship, and continuing education for therapists/psychologists and other professional practitioners who use running and walking as part of their work, while also promoting safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive care for diverse populations. Some goals are to develop resources, support research and outcome tracking, and strengthen the evidence base for run/walk-based therapy as a structured, clinically grounded practice. Just as importantly I believe is to increase public awareness of running therapy as an accessible path to improved mental health, holistic wellness, resilience amid adversity, and quality of life across the lifespan.</span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;">One of the things that has most inspired me is how many different forms this work can take. Some practitioners bring running therapy into one-on-one clinical settings, while others use it in youth programs, group settings, or recovery-oriented residential work. Some focus on trauma, grief, or anxiety; others emphasize belonging, confidence, and self-regulation. Some (like Dynamic Running Therapy) focus on mindfulness personally accessible through movement, with just a bit of guidance. What unites them is a shared belief that movement can be therapeutic in a deep and embodied way, and that the body has a role to play in healing that is often underestimated. Over time, these interviews and relationships have helped me see running therapy not just as a technique, but as a field with history, depth, and a living community behind it.</span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;">That sense of community is one of the reasons re-imagining IART has felt so important. The goal is not only to preserve the history of the field, but also to make its present and future more visible. We want the network to
1start small, grow organically and be easy to understand. We want people to find a place where the fieldâs traditions are respected, where professional standards are taken seriously, and where collaboration is encouraged across disciplines and countries. In that sense, the new landing page is more than a digital update â it is a doorway into a wider conversation about how running therapy can continue to evolve.</span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>IART also reflects a broader belief that movement should be both accessible and intentional.</b> Running and walking are familiar human practices rooted in all human cultures, but when they are used thoughtfully within a framework, they can become much more than exercise. They can support regulation, reflection, endurance, confidence, and connection. They can also offer a dignified and culturally responsive way to meet people where they are, and move together towards healing. That is why our North American network matters so much to me: it helps create a bridge between individual practice, shared resources, and a larger field of learning and exchange.</span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;">We are very fortunate to have <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/iartusa/team?authuser=0">such a rich group of guiding members and international consultant members</a> who bring a wide range of experience to this effort, and history. Their work reflects the diversity of the field and the strength that comes from collaboration. Across the network, there is a deep commitment to training, ethical practice, research, mentorship, and public education. That commitment gives the project both structure and momentum, while also leaving room for the kind of creativity that this field requires.</span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif, pplxSerif, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, &quot;Hiragino Mincho ProN&quot;, &quot;Yu Mincho&quot;, &quot;Songti SC&quot;, SimSun, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, MingLiU_HKSCS, &quot;Songti TC&quot;, PMingLiU, AppleMyungjo, Batang, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;">At the center of all of this is deep gratitude; Gratitude for having found such people and the ability to work together. Gratitude for the pioneers who helped establish the field. Gratitude for the practitioners and researchers who have kept it alive and relevant in lean times. Gratitude for the conversations, interviews, and relationships that have helped shape my own understanding over the past five years. And gratitude for the chance to help build something that feels both rooted and forward-looking. This launch is not an endpoint; it is a beginning, and I am excited to see how the IART network will continue to grow as more people discover it, contribute to it, and help carry it forward!</span></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/458144830718801478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/05/iart-launch-intl-association-of-running.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/458144830718801478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/458144830718801478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/05/iart-launch-intl-association-of-running.html' title='IART Launch! Intl. 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1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8ecauYLPkl6bY_23LHrXZDrg1RpEsYl15RVShr_LP7b6R6IxNFbK2H_RSKUuP-Sxzi31nLPxZtZh7SEDfyBWu_9POHPdM3s-l7ZVqu9SB1PXnBAfjTb426qFIXcpDdCsk3zjdGt7BeLg1WvX1LL4a2QFnlUXe3U040C8YvSdreFiX-_cMum7D80yuLrQ/s72-w519-h265-c/Screenshot%202026-04-13%209.42.05%20PM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-6990832081599026809</id><published>2026-04-14T05:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2026-04-14T05:52:32.261-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Coach Jeff Galloway: The Enduring Gift of Run-Walk-Run</title><content type='html'><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #27251e; font-family: pplxSerif; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; text-wrap-mode: initial;"><b>Jeff Galloway and the Enduring Gift of Run-Walk-Run</b></span></p><div class="has-inline-images my-2 first:mt-0 [&amp;:has([data-inline-type=image])+&amp;:has([data-inline-type=image])_[data-inline-type=image]]:hidden [&amp;:has(table)_[data-inline-type=image]]:hidden [&amp;_h1:first-of-type]:mt-8 [&amp;_h2:first-of-type]:mt-6" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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font-size: 1rem; font-variation-settings: &quot;opsz&quot; 12, &quot;slnt&quot; 0; line-height: 1.625; max-width: 65ch; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial; word-break: break-word;"><div data-renderer="lm" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">It has taken me some time to write this, as we accept the loss of "Coach Jeff", who has meant so much to do many. The end of this 2025-26 RunDisney season feels bittersweet, as we celebrate the joy of his spirit, try to continue passing it on (as he would certainly have us do) as we mourn and feel the weight of this loss of our running coach, mentor, and friend Jeff Galloway. He has left an amazing legacy with us that I would be grateful to pass forward just a fraction of; Coach Jeff was the reason many people kept running for decades, and for me personally, he helped shape a path that I could not have imagined when I first joined Galloway Training to get back to marathon running, and then years later the Galloway Pacing Team, which has carried me to countless 26.2 and 13.1, as well as a few Ultras. Over time, that inspiration and recognition of what was possible led me to want to share this magic with others, and become a Program Director for the Galloway Training Program. I now feel connected to groups across the country and around the world thanks to Jeff, and experience the joy of running in ways that makes every race weekend and neighborhood run feel more accessible and more meaningful.<span class="citation-nbsp" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"></span><span class="group/trigger inline-flex min-w-0" data-state="closed" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; min-width: 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span class="citation inline" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial; width: 69px;"></span></span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">Jeffâs impact was never only about miles, finish times, or race medals. He reminded everyone that they were an athlete and a runner - their identity as "you belong here", even if just running a few steps. He changed the culture of distance running forever by making it more humane, more welcoming, and more sustainable for ordinary people. His signature run-walk-run method, developed in the 1970s, has since opened the door for millions of runners and walkers to participate in the sport with less fear, less injury, and more confidence. I see it at every Disney race, every NYC marathon, every new runner I work with. In a world that often celebrates pushing harder at all costs and is ego-driven, Jeff offered a different vision: one that treated rest, rhythm, and adaptation as strengths rather than weaknesses.&nbsp; He also always saw you as the most important person in the room, and focused 100% on your concerns, every time he spoke to you. This was uncanny, and everyone I have met has agreed on this single "superpower" he held at expos with hundreds of people and on the road.&nbsp;<span class="group/trigger inline-flex min-w-0" data-state="closed" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; min-width: 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span class="citation inline" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial; width: 99px;"></span></span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">That vision mattered most I think because it helped redefine who gets to call themselves a runner. There was a time in my life (early 30s) when recovering from a health crisis that I could barely walk for a year, and I struggled to get back into my love of running over the coming decade. I gradually found my way back to distance racing and marathons because I gave myself permission to run-walk-run and be kind to my body, believing in myself. Jeff understood that many people do not begin with elite backgrounds or natural speed, and many of us come back from harrowing journeys. Some start later in life, some return after injury, and some need a more forgiving structure to stay in the sport. The genius of the Galloway method was not just its simplicity, but its generosity and unconditional acceptance. It makes running feel possible for beginners to crusty veterans, and especially people who had long believed the sport was not for them.<span class="citation-nbsp" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26,
1 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"></span><span class="group/trigger inline-flex min-w-0" data-state="closed" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; min-width: 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span class="citation inline" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial; width: 99px;"></span></span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">One of the things I value most about Jeffâs life story is how clearly he combined achievement with humility. Here was an Olympian, an innovator, an author, a coach, and a tireless educator, but he never built his legacy by standing above the people he helped or gave unsolicited advice. I ever heard him utter a negative word about anyone, and is wife Barb recently recounted to us that she had never heard him raise his voice to anyone, across decades of marriage and frustrating situations. What a mentor for our times, and one that I know I direly needed to see. Instead, he stood beside us That posture of encouragement is part of why so many runners describe him not only as a coach but as a friend, even if they only saw him once a year at an expo. He had a way of making people feel seen and then the gift of remembering them, and that may be one of the greatest gifts any teacher can offer.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">He was also a student of the history of the sport, and one of my favorite "running experiences alongside Jeff" was during the pandemic when he and Dean Karnazes teamed up to take us on a 300+ mile challenge across ancient Greece (virtual, in my ears) as we learned about the culture and beginnings of the marathon.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="
1https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/well/move/jeff-galloway-marathon.html">This New York Times profile from early 2026 </a>captured something especially moving about Jeffâs outlook in his later years, how he passed on a legacy of knowledge and enthusiasm that was almost ineffable. Even while facing serious heart issues, he remained attached to the dream of one more marathon, not as a vanity project but as an expression of purpose and joy. That determination says a great deal about him: he was not simply teaching people how to run farther or faster, but how to keep moving toward life with hope, discipline, and gratitude. His story reminds us that running can be both practical and spiritual, both disciplined and deeply personal.</span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span class="group/trigger inline-flex min-w-0" data-state="closed" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; min-width: 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span class="citation inline" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial; width: 69px;"></span></span></p><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">For my wife and I (indirectly how we met by the way) Jeffâs legacy is inseparable from community; Through RunDisney and the Galloway Training Program, he built spaces where people could show up as they were and still belong. The pacing groups, the training teams, the repeat seasons, and the shared race weekends created a kind of informal fellowship that went beyond training plans. We are not just improving fitness, we're forming lifelong relationships and habits, building confidence, and becoming part of a wider global running family. It is a wonderful family to be a part of, imperfect and full of diversity like any family. Coach Jeff was definitely the grandfather figure we all looked to in difficult times. That is a rare achievement, and it helps explain why his influence continues to resonate so widely.<span class="citation-nbsp" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"></span><span class="group/trigger inline-flex min-w-0" data-state="closed" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; min-width: 0px; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span class="citation inline" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial; width: 129px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UmKAid3Yn8cSe6FUJCuuhQlbpR4TprQ-lE6H4M9hP8bdsoWzDuyUh0aP3EjpLkxZjzfFUsrdUEOF1yU90YkP1G9QarNKy1UoaF4wZi-tydJiPB7y6GBE7sDZF-V_El17TNTKSpZmu2OTpwVwwoliJShjFNf_ek8SNIzANvP8thzsQh1ZEtAqgB3QGhnT/s4032/IMG_1309.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UmKAid3Yn8cSe6FUJCuuhQlbpR4TprQ-lE6H4M9hP8bdsoWzDuyUh0aP3EjpLkxZjzfFUsrdUEOF1yU90YkP1G9QarNKy1UoaF4wZi-tydJiPB7y6GBE7sDZF-V_El17TNTKSpZmu2OTpwVwwoliJShjFNf_ek8SNIzANvP8thzsQh1ZEtAqgB3QGhnT/s320/IMG_1309.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p class="my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.14); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">To come to a close, I would add that what I admire most is that Jeff never treated the run-walk-run method as a "compromise". He presented it as a wise, legitimate, and effective way to run well and stay healthy, playing the long run game. That idea has only grown more relevant over time, especially as more runners look for ways to sustain their practice across decades rather than seasons, and it becomes less about PRs (note that many PRs are set and even sub-3 hour marathoners that swear by the Galloway method). However, in that sense, Jeffâs work aligns beautifully with a broader anthropology of running: the understanding that running is not just about performance, but about identity, adaptation, belonging, and meaning.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">There are so many tributes one could write about Jeff Galloway, but the best one may be the simplest: He changed lives by helping and genuinely caring about people. He gave permission to slow down without giving up. He created a method, but he also created a culture of encouragement and positivity around all body types and abilities. And perhaps the best tribute we can offer now is exactly the one he would recognize: keep moving, share the love, and remind one another, âYou can do it.â</span></p></div></div></div></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/6990832081599026809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/04/coach-jeff-galloway-enduring-gift-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/6990832081599026809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/6990832081599026809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2026/04/coach-jeff-galloway-enduring-gift-of.html' title='Coach Jeff Galloway: The Enduring Gift of Run-Walk-Run'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7T29axMeq6heYSnHvMFf4C5UcN72K7NCIy7Sym8aH_eCt3rtZ1nj8soZ3wsmdY5j5roowjFcpPTXqWuFVXIuZASUCnjPhWgMFxlYQ-azBUGjfhOxP_cjlxxjv6oqY6cQDINEOBvAzWvzgQKVqiFLg-yXSd02vEyvAVV-CoDQLLKDR5gcI3kYDVYII6dO/s72-c/IMG_7955.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-7243862074918177953</id><published>2025-10-30T19:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2026-05-16T14:41:46.137-07:00</updated><title type='text'>81: Twiggs Family in Ukraine: Humanitarian Relief and Kyiv Marathon</title><content type='html'><div class="x_elementToProof" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div data-olk-copy-source="MailCompose" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0.5rem 0px;"><b>Episode 81 is available nearly anywhere podcasts are heard, including Apple and Spotify... Please share this with a friend who might enjoy learning about the culture of running with inspiring stories from across the globe!</b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43T7AGgFbKWfVc6aOGw4AFoSdw4Sus7kOKScaNAIHgcAn-mC-Et1m-2YYKqBwx1kJq6iE4NrSXdZM_V7648TbZAuEQMrvPg7jmaj0oq_NV_2WHVN3Echd62lmPg9RcJ-Skx1ZVtjuBZ0pqj-NiqKzrTj-85BowN8fTRQf6V6nBCxrLKobPKiWTYIgdby2/s2048/IMG_3574.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43T7AGgFbKWfVc6aOGw4AFoSdw4Sus7kOKScaNAIHgcAn-mC-Et1m-2YYKqBwx1kJq6iE4NrSXdZM_V7648TbZAuEQMrvPg7jmaj0oq_NV_2WHVN3Echd62lmPg9RcJ-Skx1ZVtjuBZ0pqj-NiqKzrTj-85BowN8fTRQf6V6nBCxrLKobPKiWTYIgdby2/s320/IMG_3574.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris, Brendan and Diana Twiggs in Ukraine</td></tr></tbody></table><div data-olk-copy-source="MailCompose" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0.5rem 0px;">This episode features the inspiring story of Chris Twiggs, Diana Twiggs, and their son Brendan Twiggs, who relentlessly dedicate their time to relief work in Ukraine and perhaps more importantly build friendships of solidarity.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem;">Diana Twiggs, a practicing physician, started volunteering with <b>International Medical Relief</b>, providing essential medical care and support in urgent regions. The organizationâs initiatives are focused especially now on Ukrainian refugees at border areas and the internally displaced, helping where itâs needed most.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7eWwo-NKl0W7NbnEfxYiJm3GvLcQQipRc99snHxoo3DqYh8TNkh45g0XmzqnG8fqiVz_zufAWzNAjJBDtjnuHLp1vbQGESSMjQuqLH7Xx1sn4khtHTMlZBkTYjyzBIldnsGbjwpB2Z1g3a4u7C6dBjJH9KGWMBWzMO12H9BXH-JL-sR9BTSzkgkjkHHT/s1920/Marathon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7eWwo-NKl0W7NbnEfxYiJm3GvLcQQipRc99snHxoo3DqYh8TNkh45g0XmzqnG8fqiVz_zufAWzNAjJBDtjnuHLp1vbQGESSMjQuqLH7Xx1sn4khtHTMlZBkTYjyzBIldnsGbjwpB2Z1g3a4u7C6dBjJH9KGWMBWzMO12H9BXH-JL-sR9BTSzkgkjkHHT/s320/Marathon.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris &amp; Diana post-Kyiv Marathon, with Medals!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem;">Through Dianaâs example, Chris and Brendan have joined the cause. Chris, well known in the running community as the National Training Director for the Galloway Run-Walk-Run program, partners with Diana on trips to Ukraine, bringing medical supplies and supporting humanitarian efforts, and spreading the word. Their latest visit included both Lvivâa vital base for relief work close to the Polish borderâand the capital Kyiv, where they participated in the <b>Kyiv Marathon</b>, standing in solidarity with Ukraineâs resilient spirit and thousands of fellow runners. They also brought medical relief supplies most recently to <b>Traveling Colonels,&nbsp;</b>a group of military veterans providing critical medical relief to the front lines where&nbsp; through dedicated people across the country.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem;">Brendan Twiggs&nbsp;stands out for his ongoing commitment, joining us from the streets of Lviv as we hear the sounds of everyday life in his daily commute. He is now living in Lviv and working primarily at the <b>Lviv Volunteer Kitchen</b>âfounded in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea by caring individuals; created from the community itself, rather than an NGO or large international relief effort. It serves as a voice and a hub for internally displaced people and place to connect relief workers to needs on the ground.&nbsp;</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem;">The Twiggs' reflections in this episode emphasize how showing up for others can bridge divides and demonstrate in person that Ukrainians are not forgotten, underscoring the meaningful impact of personal diplomacy by also sharing the realities of war with friends and family back home in the United States. They also emp
1hasize the harrowing actions that everyday Ukrainians are taking to support their neighbors and countrymen as they fight to regain peace while striving to live a meaningful life each day.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem;"><b>***Get Involved, Advocate, Give or Learn More***</b></div><ul data-editing-info="{&quot;unorderedStyleType&quot;:1,&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:false}" style="list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div role="presentation" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">International Medical Relief: <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a class="x_reset x_interactable x_cursor-pointer x_decoration-1 x_underline-offset-1 x_text-super x_hover:underline x_font-semibold x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://internationalmedicalrelief.org/" id="OWAf83e4894-8679-9b4b-0ab7-cc6f2890f3e3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="border-radius: unset; display: unset; height: unset; margin: unset; max-height: unset; max-width: unset; min-height: unset; min-width: unset; padding: unset; width: unset;" target="_blank" title="https://internationalmedicalrelief.org/">https://internationalmedicalrelief.org/</a></span></div><div role="presentation" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Medical supplies were also brought to Kyiv through Traveling Colonels: <b>&nbsp;</b><span style="color: #1155cc;"><b><a class="OWAAutoLink" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thetravelingcolonels.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1761954095961000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3qw__-QbUTFx9LnNcHl2jt" href="https://thetravelingcolonels.com/" id="OWAa3fa7804-2876-6e77-a4fa-6d53681b7500" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://<wbr></wbr>thetravelingcolonels.com/</a></b></span></div></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div role="presentation" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Lviv Volunteer Kitchen Charity:&nbsp;Instagram at <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a class="x_reset x_interactable x_cursor-pointer x_decoration-1 x_underline-offset-1 x_text-super x_hover:underline x_font-semibold x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="https://www.instagram.com/lvivkitchen/" id="OWAee2673d8-bc6a-71cf-a294-64c73f1a38d4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="border-radius: unset; display: unset; height: unset; margin: unset; max-height: unset; max-width: unset; min-height: unset; min-width: unset; padding: unset; width: unset;" target="_blank" title="https://www.instagram.com/lvivkitchen/">https://www.instagram.com/lvivkitchen/</a></span>&nbsp;or through local Ukrainian relief networks.</div></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div role="presentation" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Kyiv Marathon:<br />Event info at <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a class="x_reset x_interactable x_cursor-pointer x_decoration-1 x_underline-offset-1 x_text-super x_hover:underline x_font-semibold x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" href="https://kyivmarathon.org/" id="OWAd8185d93-7858-8afa-86d3-f6c65f1a8f50" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="border-radius: unset; display: unset; height: unset; margin: unset; max-height: unset; max-width: unset; min-height: unset; min-width: unset; padding: unset; width: unset;" target="_blank" title="https://kyivmarathon.org/">https://kyivmarathon.org/</a></span>&nbsp;and through charity run directories.</div></li></ul><div style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem;"><b>
1***Take Action: Contact Your Representatives***</b></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0.5rem 0px;">Your voice matters. Get informed and then urge continued support for Ukraine by contacting your US representatives:</div><ul style="list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div role="presentation" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Find Your Elected Officials: <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a class="x_reset x_interactable x_cursor-pointer x_decoration-1 x_underline-offset-1 x_text-super x_hover:underline x_font-semibold x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" href="https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials" id="OWA3ecb026a-9d5b-b89a-cb64-d66bbecac6e2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="border-radius: unset; display: unset; height: unset; margin: unset; max-height: unset; max-width: unset; min-height: unset; min-width: unset; padding: unset; width: unset;" target="_blank" title="https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials">https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials</a></span><br />Direct link for Senate and House contacts.</div></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9zo3y7zGCd0YeWjC_ZU_4eLcPg3HxCW8PLIakNAbnammLCxHnWBL2e2ourhbXagCgJUErrdgPtPvRrImJ-VTTy7p_wEDslR2Pg5W2fZ1qZNyPVejbmx81sQ7dJD9HxQ68LSgSE7ttxA1tlpD3ABTJvKI_XJdALfnAani1e4sz-sBCyYFypWC0oDD_QR3/s1920/thumbnail_IMG_1073.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9zo3y7zGCd0YeWjC_ZU_4eLcPg3HxCW8PLIakNAbnammLCxHnWBL2e2ourhbXagCgJUErrdgPtPvRrImJ-VTTy7p_wEDslR2Pg5W2fZ1qZNyPVejbmx81sQ7dJD9HxQ68LSgSE7ttxA1tlpD3ABTJvKI_XJdALfnAani1e4sz-sBCyYFypWC0oDD_QR3/s320/thumbnail_IMG_1073.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lviv Volunteer Kitchen in Action!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALwdAw5VdcSPm7OA-H8eDryzYxKo_vR8eXZ25APxCnvt_wN_adTU9cfYqpbGsks8YuCtAt7pRweo4BEs3D_dCLAlacEz81xQ7Lg933p8DBrjOJdrvCeksVPF8-qTm3NYHvd2PT3UY8F9kIZK8E0WOYel5hamOS6_lheU8dgoD6V_aYGgEz0lp1bCWCwsi/s1280/IMG_3357.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALwdAw5VdcSPm7OA-H8eDryzYxKo_vR8eXZ25APxCnvt_wN_adTU9cfYqpbGsks8YuCtAt7pRweo4BEs3D_dCLAlacEz81xQ7Lg933p8DBrjOJdrvCeksVPF8-qTm3NYHvd2PT3UY8F9kIZK8E0WOYel5hamOS6_lheU8dgoD6V_aYGgEz0lp1bCWCwsi/s320/IMG_3357.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family Affair: Arriving With Supplies in Tow from USA Donations&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0.5rem 0px;">As fellow Galloway run-walk-runners, itâs an honor to witness Brendan,
1Chris and Dianaâs commitmentâon running courses and in humanitarian work. Their story is a testament to how each person, by showing up and sharing, can contribute to hope and resilience in meaningful ways. Small actionsâbeing informed, making contact, sharing storiesâadd up to remarkable collective impact.&nbsp;</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0.5rem 0px;"><i>-Post by Mark Lane-Holbert</i></div></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/7243862074918177953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/10/twiggs-family-in-ukraine-humanitarian.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/7243862074918177953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/7243862074918177953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/10/twiggs-family-in-ukraine-humanitarian.html' title='81: Twiggs Family in Ukraine: Humanitarian Relief and Kyiv Marathon'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43T7AGgFbKWfVc6aOGw4AFoSdw4Sus7kOKScaNAIHgcAn-mC-Et1m-2YYKqBwx1kJq6iE4NrSXdZM_V7648TbZAuEQMrvPg7jmaj0oq_NV_2WHVN3Echd62lmPg9RcJ-Skx1ZVtjuBZ0pqj-NiqKzrTj-85BowN8fTRQf6V6nBCxrLKobPKiWTYIgdby2/s72-c/IMG_3574.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-2069426595901852050</id><published>2025-09-19T05:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2026-05-16T14:41:26.722-07:00</updated><title type='text'>80: Talking Running Therapy with Sepideh Saremi, and Mini Handbook Launch!</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><div><h2 class="gmail-mb-2 gmail-mt-4 gmail-font-display gmail-font-semimedium gmail-text-base gmail-first:mt-0" style="border-style: solid; 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font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" width="280" /></div><div><span face="fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px;">In this very special episode, we sit down with Sepideh Saremi, founder of Run Walk Talk</span><span color="rgba(23, 23, 23, 0.9)" style="background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Work Sans&quot;; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.34px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">®</span><span face="fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px;">&nbsp;Therapyâa trailblazer whose approach brings movement and therapy together in the most accessible way possible. Sepidehâs Run Walk Talk</span><span color="rgba(23, 23, 23, 0.9)" style="background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Work Sans&quot;; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.34px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">®</span><span face="fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px;">&nbsp;method invites people to experience the power of therapy while moving side-by-side, turning a walk or run into a safe space for honest conversation, healing, and personal growth.</span></div><p class="gmail-my-2 gmail-[&amp;+p]:mt-4 gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">Whether youâre a seasoned runner, a total beginner, or simply curious about how our bodies and minds are connected, this episode will inspire and equip you. Sepideh shares how running therapy breaks down barriers, supports mental health, and welcomes all bodies and ability levelsâwith no performance pressure and every pace celebrated. Youâll also discover the research behind why walking (or running) while talking can unlock insight, reduce anxiety, and build deeper connections.</p><p class="gmail-my-2 gmail-[&amp;+p]:mt-4 gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">And thatâs not all! Weâre thrilled to announce the e-publication of the&nbsp;<span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><b>Mini Handbook of Running Therapy: How Movement Becomes Medicine for the Mind</b></span>. Drawing from the latest science, real stories of healing, and practical tools, this concise guide is for anyone seeking hope, motivation, or new ways to cope with our modern life and mental health issues. Whether youâre a runner, walker, therapist, coach, or just looking for a fresh start, the handbook meets you right where you are.</p><p class="gmail-my-2 gmail-[&amp;+p]:mt-4 gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">The Mini Handbook of Running Therapy is now available on Kindle / Amazon, or you can download a PDF of linked resources for free.</span></p><p class="gmail-my-2 gmail-[&amp;+p]:mt-4 gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;">Tune in, download the handbook, and join us as we explore Running Therapy and the movement for mental healthâwith Sepideh Saremi. Letâs move minds, together.</p><p class="gmail-my-2 gmail-[&amp;+p]:mt-4 gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block gmail-[&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGroteskNeue, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Hiragino Sans&quot;, &quot;PingFang SC&quot;, &quot;Apple SD Gothic Neo&quot;, &quot;Yu Gothic&quot;, &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, &quot;Microsoft JhengHei&quot;, Meiryo; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.08px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: initial; scrollbar-width: initial;"><a href="https://a.co/d/53lsZDS">Download to read on Kindle/Amazon for $1.99</a></p><br /></div><div></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/2069426595901852050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/09/talking-running-therapy-with-sepideh.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/2069426595901852050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/2069426595901852050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/09/talking-running-therapy-with-sepideh.html' title='80: Talking Running Therapy with Sepideh Saremi, and Mini Handbook Launch!'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPk_jT72g95CSqBT-MjE1E85YWVXr8ml6JotjtV-GTGBc_ZNVJLqasoqaN8AzzK-hG8wLloL9GIgh_SjAfHTikj94u17LFIIt2g_XPXgtDv1PI95Q3n7bmi9Kt3OAweRlJhWS1Klbb0xMwnPlKLKNVo-jiB1GhFbMMOShoq0vkNp0i5tcYVb6b6MEMesiE=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-796000926542037390</id><published>2025-07-17T11:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2026-03-06T15:46:57.572-08:00</updated><title type='text'>TB Training & Running Logotherapy/Coaching</title><content type='html'><h2 class="mb-xs mt-5 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 dark:font-[475]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1.25rem 0px 4px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">I.&nbsp;<a href="https://runsignup.com/Race/FL/Tampa/TampaBayGallowayTrainingProgram">Join for a "Run Walk Talk" Logotherapy Session or a Local Galloway Run-Walk-Run Training Program</a></span></h2><h2 class="mb-2 mt-6 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 md:text-lg dark:font-[475] [hr+&amp;]:mt-4" id="discover-running-logotherapy-finding-meaning-motiv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Whether youâre aiming for your first half marathon or your next marathon PR, youâll receive expert run-walk-run training with a unique focus on meaning, mindset, and motivation!</p><ul class="marker:text-textOff list-disc" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding-inline-start: 1.625em; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Tampa Bay- Group run sessions</span>&nbsp;for all levels and paces (beginner to advanced)</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">
1Holistic support: training, purpose-building, and community</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Info Session to be held at "The Running Center of TB", <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TampaGalloway/">or join virtually</a></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Olympian Coach Jeff Galloway hosted a mini-clinic on Saturday, Sept. 20th in Tampa Bay!</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><u>+ Opportunities for one-on-one Running Logotherapy, see below:</u></p></li></ul></h2><h2 class="mb-xs mt-5 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 dark:font-[475]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1.25rem 0px 4px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ready to Find Your PurposeâOn and Off the Road?</span></h2><h2 class="mb-2 mt-6 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 md:text-lg dark:font-[475] [hr+&amp;]:mt-4" id="discover-running-logotherapy-finding-meaning-motiv" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Discover Running Logotherapy: Finding Meaning, Motivation, and Purpose</h2><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Have you ever wondered how running can not only strengthen your body, but also help you discover deeper meaning and purpose in your life? As a certified USATF running coach and logotherapistâa purpose-based approach to positive psychologyâI am excited to offer&nbsp;<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Running Logotherapy</span>&nbsp;to local runners seeking more than just miles or medals.</p><h2 class="mb-xs mt-5 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 dark:font-[475]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1.25rem 0px 4px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What Is Run-Walk-Talk Therapy and Running Logotherapy?</span></h2><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><a href="https://www.runwalktalk.com/">Run Walk Talk</a>&nbsp;(read more) is a method developed by mental health professionals that combines movement with traditional modalities of therapy. In my case, I have been certified in both Run-Walk-Talk and Logotherapy to practice my own Running Logotherapy, which combines purpose-driven coaching with the proven psychological benefits of movement. This is pastoral (non-clinical) therapy, inspired by Viktor Franklâs work in Logotherapy, this approach helps individuals:</p><ul class="marker:text-textOff list-disc" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding-inline-start: 1.625em; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">- Clarify&nbsp;<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">personal values and find meaning, even in the midst of challenges and suffering</span></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">- Translate everyday movement into purposeful, emotionally fulfilling action</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-
1snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">- Builds resilience, optimism, and a sense of agency both on and off the road</p></li></ul><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Whether youâre beginning your journey or training for a big race, every step can become an opportunity to engage with, and ârun towards,â what matters most to you.</p><h2 class="mb-xs mt-5 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 dark:font-[475]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1.25rem 0px 4px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Who Can Benefit?</span></h2><ul class="marker:text-textOff list-disc" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding-inline-start: 1.625em; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Individuals navigating transitions, recovery, or loss</span>: Harness running as a gentle tool for rediscovering hope, strength, and direction.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Runners losing motivation or feeling stuck</span>: Reconnect with the deeper âwhyâ behind your goals.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Anyone longing for community and authentic connection</span>: Experience supportive, reflective group or one-on-one sessions in a welcoming environment.</p></li></ul><h2 class="mb-xs mt-5 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 dark:font-[475]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1.25rem 0px 4px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">How It Works</span></h2><ul class="marker:text-textOff list-disc" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.3039 0.04 213.68); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding-inline-start: 1.625em; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Purpose Conversations</span>: Start each session with a brief check-in on values and intentions, shaping each intervention and run around what truly motivates you.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Guided Runs and Reflections</span>
1: Experience running with prompts to encourage self-discovery.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-inline-start: 0.375em; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Goal Support</span>: Personalized plans align your physical training with your broader life goalsâbecause crossing a finish line means even more when itâs tied to your purpose.</p></li></ul><h2 class="mb-xs mt-5 text-base font-[500] first:mt-0 dark:font-[475]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.9902 0.004 106.47); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: fkGrotesk, &quot;fkGrotesk Fallback&quot;; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1.25rem 0px 4px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;">Contact: [email protected]&nbsp; or&nbsp; Instagram DM: RunningAnthropologist</span></h2><p><br /></p><p>Happy running, and may you find&nbsp;<em>faith, hope, and love</em>&nbsp;along the way!</p><p><em>For more information and weekly updates, visit me at&nbsp;<a href="https://RunningAnthropologist.com" rel="noopener" target="_new">RunningAnthropologist.com</a>, or RunningAnthropologist on IG or Facebook, or your favorite podcast platform where you can also listen to interviews and insights from many of the athletes featured.</em></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/796000926542037390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/07/running-logotherapy-coaching-free.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/796000926542037390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/796000926542037390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/07/running-logotherapy-coaching-free.html' title='TB Training & Running Logotherapy/Coaching'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-5384447998085006652</id><published>2025-05-01T06:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2025-05-04T11:11:19.942-07:00</updated><title type='text'>May Day Poem: Laugh at me Running</title><content type='html'><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17pt; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Laugh at Me Running</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce30804b-7fff-e4d2-3754-6523a7ad983a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You may want to laugh at me, thatâs OKâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was on my training plan. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Iâm used to the sideways glances,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the double-takes from dog walkers and delivery drivers</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as I shuffle by at dawn,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sweating profusely,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wearing as little as possible,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in colors that clash on purpose</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">because I want to be seen, and they were on sale.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Youâve probably seen me,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">arms flailing in some wild attempt at âform drills,â</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or skipping or walking in place at a red light,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">because stopping completely would mean âlosing my momentumâ,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and, letâs be honest-- it wasnât on the training plan!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am surely training for something</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that demands me looking like thisâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a race youâve never heard of,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
1with a medal Iâll wear around town, cherish for a week</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and then hang on a doorknob,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and clank every time I open the closet.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You may have caught me</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">staring at my wrist,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so engrossed in my GPS watch</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that I run straight into a mailbox,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or a low-hanging branch,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">once, a near miss with a very patient cat.&nbsp; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(and a pulled hammy as it sauntered away, no doubt laughing at me)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yes, I wave at strangers with the enthusiasm</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of a politician on paradeâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">because we runners have a code:</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">if you cross paths you acknowledge that stranger,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">even if youâre both gasping for air</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">struggling for "<i>hi"</i> with a nonchalant nod at the top of a hill.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Laugh. That's OK-- I do have gels and beepers</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">tucked into places that would confuse a TSA agent,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and yes, I have mastered the art of drinking from a cup </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">while running...</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">which mostly means spilling it down my shirt, or on my shoes,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and pretending itâs part of the plan.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You might see me "stretching and strengthening" unproductively at a park bench,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">grimacing in ways that alarm small children,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">or talking to myself</span><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">â</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">perhaps negotiating with my legs,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">promising them rest and carbs if they just get me home from my long run.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yes, my toenails are often a mosaic of black and blue,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and I can recite the location and reputation of every public restroom</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">within a ten-mile radius of my home...</span></p><br /><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And yet, despite all my careful planning and laughable evidence to the contrary,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I often take myself far too seriouslyâ</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">debating shoe models like a rocket scientist,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">agonizing over split times </span></span><div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as if Olympic gold were on the line,</span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ecabf58a-7fff-b2e8-f2b2-5fd0b99c527c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">when really, my only prize for all this effort... a banana?</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If Iâm lucky, a knick-knack age group award on my dusty shelf?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">OK, Iâm in!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So yes, you may want to laugh at me,</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and thatâs OKâ it is all pretty funny.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Along the way I've made a few friends </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">who are just as stalwart, quirky and ridiculous as me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And maybe, after all, some laughter is exactly what was on the training plan.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXXNncrWPbdkqb65K-LWI4lVFxJ5wxN10eqvuU2b3saTKbeEnzRrNEK957QYS_V-v7n55Tu9ZJpdm26QEgrrAj2Q0tZBkdc-ughU1AJmi-fPiPASW_NjUiRtfCwng2ZFtNPcCiS5ExVEuoODlJxtfyXhHzyzb7VE6hgyJsAPkCkEVYl7FEcJjdoWid8Yn/s1911/IMG_0608.jpg" style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="1911" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXXNncrWPbdkqb65K-LWI4lVFxJ5wxN10eqvuU2b3saTKbeEnzRrNEK957QYS_V-v7n55Tu9ZJpdm26QEgrrAj2Q0tZBkdc-ughU1AJmi-fPiPASW_NjUiRtfCwng2ZFtNPcCiS5ExVEuoODlJxtfyXhHzyzb7VE6hgyJsAPkCkEVYl7FEcJjdoWid8Yn/s320/IMG_0608.jpg" width="320" /></a><i style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>by Mark Lane-Holbert</b></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
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1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Most marathon partnerships are forged over months of planning, but sometimes, fate steps in with a last-minute twist... Just a week before this yearâs Boston Marathon, I received a message: A very dedicated and talented runnerâs regular guide was sidelined by injury; would I be able to get to Boston? Suddenly, I was given the opportunity to guide Dennisâa runner whose story I knew only in passing, but whose determination I would come to know intimately over these 26.2 storied miles.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dennis is no ordinary runner, and no ordinary individual. He lives with Usher Syndrome Type 2, a condition that has left him profoundly deaf and legally blind, with just a sliver of vision remaining. Yet, in the past six years, he has managed to run marathons in Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and Tokyoâearning the prestigious Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star Medal, and becoming, as far as records show, the first person in his category (legally blind/profoundly deaf) to do so! His journey from early retirement to this elite club of fewer than 20,000 runners worldwide is nothing short of remarkable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dennis is a native French speaker, who grew up figuratively bridging the border between Canada and the US as his parents moved to northern Maine for work in the paper industry; to the furthest northeastern town in the continental US, Madawaska. Despite initially struggling in school due to hearing issues, once they figured it out his family did all they could to support him and help him grow as a student. He became an engineer and applied his skills in the field inherited from his father, but his vision continued to decline throughout his career due to his condition. He knew from a young age that he would eventually lose vision completely, and hence leaned into life (and running) even more passionately to enjoy and traveled to see everywhere that he could, while he could.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Our Boston weekend began with a dinner that felt like a gathering made of running legends. Dennis and I joined one of our mid-Michigan icons and running mentor Mark Baumanâwho now holds the Marathon Streak World Record at Boston at an incredible 56 Boston finishes in a row!&nbsp; As a primer for the 26.2+ mile day to come, we had a meal filled with stories, some advice, and laughter. Mark, as it turned out, would be the official starter at Hopkinton the next morning, a surprise that added to the sense of historical connection and camaraderie as we retired.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Race day itself was electric. We woke early and navigated our way to the para athlete buses, followed by likely the only time in my life I would have a police escort through a major highway and city. As guides in the competitive para athletes division, we also found ourselves camped out at the athletes village together, and lining up just behind the elite women. In the AWD tent we connected with incredible people and heard their stories, including paralympians and some famous guides for the record setting para athletes like Mike Wardian, who all shared recent adventures and inspiration. Time flew by and in a few hours we were processing to the start line, fully fueled and excited to punch into the roads for 26.2+ mile journey. The proximity to legends like Des Linden, Sarah Hall, and Paula Radcliffe was surreal; we exchanged a few words of encouragement, though it was probably us who needed it more. Boston marathon is unique in that, as para athletes, we started ahead of thousands of the countryâs fastest runnersâmeaning we were passed, cheered, and swept along by a tide of speedsters for hours, a humbling and exhilarating experience.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For those unfamiliar, qualifying for Boston is a feat in itself. Runners must achieve a certified time well below the already-tough standards for their age group, and in recent years, the cut-off has been even more competitiveâsometimes requiring runners to be nearly seven minutes faster than the official qualifying time. For para athletes, the standards are equally rigorous, and the field is capped, making every spot hard-earned. I was grateful to be among them, and respectful of the incredible amount of hard work everyone had put in to earn a spot there on the roads.&nbsp;</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dennisâs journey to the Six Star Medal is even more daunting. Completing all six World Marathon MajorsâBerlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and Tokyoârequires not just speed, but also perseverance, resources, and a bit of luck. Very few runners ever achieve it, and Dennis did s
1o in a relatively short running career, despite the added challenges.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Boston course itself is legendary and beguiling, winding through small towns whose residents line the streets with unmatched enthusiasm. The crowds cheered us every step of the way, from Hopkinton to the roar of Boylston Street. Wellesley College, with its infamous âscream tunnel,â was a jolt of energy and humorâthe signs this year were especially creative, and Dennis and I couldnât help but laugh as we passed, and I read a few of the signs.&nbsp;</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Despite a nagging hip flexor injury, Dennis pressed on through the second half of the course, even as those infamous Newton hills took their toll. His grit was unwavering, and together we crossed the finish lineâDennis meeting his main goal to qualify for next yearâs Boston and have another crack at it, a testament to his resilience.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Looking back, the experience was profound. In a marathon where tradition runs deep (longest running in the US) and every mile echoes with history, I was reminded of the power of connectionâbetween runners, guides, mentors, and the cheering masses. I recognize Boston is more than a race; itâs a celebration of perseverance, community, and the human spirit. I am grateful to have played a small part in Dennisâs extraordinary journey, and to have witnessed firsthand how this particular marathonâs traditions leave an indelible mark on all who take part.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For more on <a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/15/aroostook/aroostook-culture/dennis-lavoie-blind-deaf-finishes-6-world-marathons-joam40zk0w/">Dennisâs story and his Six Star journey</a>(link), see a recent Bangor Daily News article or another story from <a href="https://www.wagmtv.com/2025/03/17/dennis-lavoie-is-paving-way-other-visually-impaired-athletes/">WAGM just a few weeks ago</a>, linked here about his paving the way for other vision-impaired runners!</span></p><div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>
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Lane-Holbert, Team with a Vision &amp; Achilles International Guide Runner</b></span></div></span></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/1516666207235010080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/04/2025-boston-marathon-with-dennis-lavoie.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/1516666207235010080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/1516666207235010080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/04/2025-boston-marathon-with-dennis-lavoie.html' title='2025 Boston Marathon with Dennis Lavoie'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjpZWjR3tTsrawwtJy2x-0Bg5B1oEqD8JzkZe2zll3dfDgBsUh5h4HgCasiX9StHh7v1gpjtZfL81sAG9nMgXY6xUwJVPHbYX2Ak8e9Ls7YCO-ECURXS2btbJNU_nogf4iK8BXPFo4A3FQSU0SSfcxM0phOyYJSkUTuLWitJXtpNnsReRbgySkgEXDO1p/s72-c/IMG_0828.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-2396761257171195640</id><published>2025-04-01T10:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2025-04-07T13:31:21.271-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Running Poetry: The Day After the Marathon</title><content type='html'><p><b>&nbsp;<span color="var(--tw-prose-bold)" face="fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;" style="background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); 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font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Yesterday, the road stretched infinite,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />26.2 milesâ 42 kilometersâetched into memory.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; 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--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" /><br /></p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">We honed our skillful instruments in rehearsal. Do you recall?</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Not just the race, but the many months that allowed us to show up and play.</p><span class="mt-md block" color="oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681)" face="fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-top: var(--size-md); scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"></span><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">The training score began as a season of hope,&nbsp;<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />A winterâs resolve into summerâs fire.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Each mile carved into the calendar overture,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />A rhythm of pavement and trail,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Cadence hypnotic, meditativeâa heartbeat outside the body.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><br /></p><span class="mt-md block" color="oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681)" face="fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-
1y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-top: var(--size-md); scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"></span><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Some days, the world aligned to our composition.&nbsp;<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Remember how Nature whispered encouragementâ<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />The rustle of leaves, the kiss of sunlight,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Feet gliding weightless over earthâs embrace.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Other days were battles:<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Rain-soaked humid mornings and winds that howled defiantly,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Tiresome, monotonous miles companions on endless roads.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><br /></p><span class="mt-md block" color="oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681)" face="fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-top: var(--size-md); scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"></span><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">But Friendships also rhapsody in shared struggleâ<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Strangers turned comrades through sweat and <i>(s)miles.</i><br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Stories exchanged between intervals,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Dreams and fears confessed at mile markers.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Together we built a mosaic of resilience,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Each shard a testament to strength found in unity.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><br /></p><span class="mt-md block" color="oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681)" face="fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-top: var(--size-md); scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"></span><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Injury strummed at some of these movementsâ<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />A sharp or lingering protest from an achilles or hamstring.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring
1-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Recovery became its own opus within the training score:<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Physical therapy meant strength discovered in weakness, foam rollers and healing salves of all kinds.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Learning to listen to a body's subtle tones oft ignored.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><br /></p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">The rhythm of training pulled us back each timeâ<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Addictive as it drained us dry.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Invigorating as it pulled time into tempo.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Miles became mantras; footsteps prayers.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><br /></p><span class="mt-md block" color="oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681)" face="fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-top: var(--size-md); scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"></span><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">And then came race day, the finale!<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />The start line buzzed with anticipation,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />The air electric with possibility, as we pitch our bodies and minds in corals.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />The at-once-celebration-and-trial begins with a bang!</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Every mile thereafter a chapter in an epic opera:<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Hills conquered as dragons slain, crowds cheering as bards singing praise.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">"The Wall" pushed past by sheer resolve.</p><span class="mt-md block" color="oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681)" face="fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-top: var(--size-md); scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"></span><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; backgr
1ound-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Crossing the finish was not just an end; it was lyrical self-transcendence,<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;" />Where pain met triumph, where exhaustion birthed joy!</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><br /></p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Today, we rest&nbsp;<b style="font-size: large;">â</b>&nbsp;but only for now.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">For the orchestral road calls again in whispers:</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;">Another season awaits, its heroic story yet unsung.</p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><br /></p><p class="my-0" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: oklch(0.99 0.004 106.471); border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: oklch(0.304 0.04 213.681); font-family: fkGroteskNeue, &quot;fkGroteskNeue Fallback&quot;, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; scrollbar-color: auto; scrollbar-width: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><i><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span>by Mark Lane-Holbert</i></span></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/2396761257171195640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/04/running-poetry-day-after-marathon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/2396761257171195640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/2396761257171195640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2025/04/running-poetry-day-after-marathon.html' title='Running Poetry: The Day After the Marathon'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-2096445009762352136</id><published>2024-10-07T10:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2024-10-07T15:42:45.559-07:00</updated><title type='text'>77: Marathon Training Devotional</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;<strong>Introducing: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BhIW50fIGtE2SnrjFXTDFdlvj4jdWkMzH1G0-xo-crM/edit?usp=sharing">"Faith, Hope, and Love on the Run: A 26.2 Week Journey for the Runnerâs Soul"</a></strong></p><p>Iâm thrilled to announce the release of my latest project, <em>Faith, Hope, and Love on the Run: A 26.2 Week Journey for the Runnerâs Soul</em>âan Online/PDF Devotional designed to inspire and guide runners of all levels on a unique, holistic path of training. Itâs a journey that connects body, mind, and spirit, drawing lessons from some of the greatest role models in distance running history. With a foreword written by none other than âCoach Jeffâ Galloway, 1972 U.S. Olympian and beloved running coach, this book offers something truly special for those who love the sport and seek deeper meaning in their running journey.</p><p><strong>What to Expect / How it Works:</strong></p><p><em>Faith, Hope, and Love on the Run</em> isnât your typical training manual, nor is it a traditional devotional. Itâs something entirely uniqueâa blend of inspiration, practical wisdom, and personal reflection tailored for runners who want to strengthen not just their bodies, but also their hearts and minds. The online resource is not overtly religious or exclusive in any way, but does integrate the powerful, personal stories of runnersâeach week offering a new lens through which to view training and life.</p><p>Hereâs a breakdown of how it works:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Weekly Themes Inspired by Running Icons</strong><br />Each of the 28 weeks centers around an iconic athlete from the distance running world, focusing on a key lesson from their life or career. The
1se arenât just athletesâthey are role models who have overcome adversity, demonstrated resilience, and used their gifts to inspire others. From world record holders to everyday heroes, their stories will motivate you to push your own limits, both in training and in life.</p></li><li><p><strong>Practical &amp; Mental Strength Exercises</strong><br />After exploring the athleteâs story, youâll find practical exercises designed to build both physical and mental resilience. Whether itâs a mental strength drill, a body conditioning exercise, or a journaling prompt, each weekâs practice is tailored to help you apply the lesson to your own running journey. The exercises encourage you to reflect deeply on how these principles can transform not only your running but other aspects of your life as well.</p></li><li><p><strong>Reflection and Connection</strong><br />At the heart of each weekâs practice is an opportunity for personal reflection. Youâll be invited to think about your own journey as a runner and how you can integrate the lessons youâve learned into your training and your daily life. Itâs an opportunity to connect with the runner inside youâon a deeper level.</p></li><li><p><strong>"For The Long Run" â Bonus Multimedia</strong><br />As an added bonus, each week comes with âFor The Long Runâ suggestionsâa podcast episode, video, or other multimedia resource that allows you to explore the theme even further. Itâs designed for those who want to dive deeper and continue learning, long after the weekâs devotional has ended. Many of these resources come from <em>The Running Anthropologist Project</em>, where Iâve spent years interviewing athletes, coaches, and thoughtful leaders in the running community.</p></li></ol><p><strong>Who Itâs For:</strong></p><p>Whether youâre just starting your running journey or youâve been at it for years, <em>Faith, Hope, and Love on the Run</em> is for anyone looking to blend purpose with practice. Itâs for runners who believe thereâs more to the sport than just hitting a certain paceâitâs about discovering strength, hope, and love on the run, and allowing those values to guide you both on and off the road.</p><p><strong>Why Youâll Love It:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Inspiration from Legends:</strong> Each week offers insight from legends like Eliud Kipchoge, Patti Catelano Dillon, Courtney Dauwalter, Meb Keflezighi, Mike Wardian, Joan Benoit Samuelson,&nbsp; Tatyana McFadden and many others, weaving their stories into practical lessons life and training.</li><li><strong>Holistic Approach:</strong> Itâs not just about raw speed or enduranceâitâs about building resilience in all areas of life, integrating faith and determination into everything you do.</li><li><strong>Tailored for Runners:</strong> The weekly exercises and reflections are designed specifically for runners, offering practical tips and challenges that align with your training. More like a weekly training blog than a book! Jump around, circle back to any weekly tools and have fun.&nbsp;</li></ul><hr /><p>If youâre ready to embark on this 26.2-week journey, I invite you to dive in and explore the lessons, stories, and exercises that will help you grow as a runner and a person. I hope it brings you as much joy and inspiration as it has brought me in creating it. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BhIW50fIGtE2SnrjFXTDFdlvj4jdWkMzH1G0-xo-crM/edit?usp=sharing">Google Doc/DOWNLOAD LINK HERE</a></p><p>Happy running, and may you find <em>faith, hope, and love</em> along the way!</p><p><em>For more information and weekly updates, visit me at <a href="https://RunningAnthropologist.com" rel="noopener" target="_new">RunningAnthropologist.com</a>, or RunningAnthropologist on IG or Facebook, or your favorite podcast platform where you can also listen to interviews and insights from many of the athletes featured.</em></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/2096445009762352136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2024/10/77-marathon-training-devotional.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/2096445009762352136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/2096445009762352136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2024/10/77-marathon-training-devotional.html' title='77: Marathon Training Devotional'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-1704313838901567317</id><published>2024-08-12T12:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2024-08-12T12:31:52.110-07:00</updated><title type='text'>76: Paris Olympics Hot Take and New Podcast Series with Olympian Jeff Galloway</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="
1https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkfukKA5330TbobaxpeZsnoMiWvCgcPLw6Z1-BP3Fg_fQwe3qblb6fYzA4cr0erneLSiSSO521QmdztVq5q8XowMHnpRasw9bqCWonvl8P4eRNTT_i_zciB7LPaLnXsk4sQMMZNlE_SktM_jCjAv5OfVYt1GwUX3Oa22l6XxtlUr8kxlmzZTTdN8r_C3P/s862/paris-2024-olympics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="862" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkfukKA5330TbobaxpeZsnoMiWvCgcPLw6Z1-BP3Fg_fQwe3qblb6fYzA4cr0erneLSiSSO521QmdztVq5q8XowMHnpRasw9bqCWonvl8P4eRNTT_i_zciB7LPaLnXsk4sQMMZNlE_SktM_jCjAv5OfVYt1GwUX3Oa22l6XxtlUr8kxlmzZTTdN8r_C3P/s320/paris-2024-olympics.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><strong>First, an a</strong><strong>nnouncement: Launching the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-can-do-it-with-jeff-galloway/id1528918177" target="_blank">"You Can Do It" Podcast Mini-Series with Jeff Galloway</a></strong></p><p>Iâm thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new podcast series, the "You Can Do It Podcast," in collaboration with none other than Olympian &amp; Coach Jeff Galloway. This series is dedicated to runners of all levels, from beginners to seasoned marathoners, and will take a deep dive into what makes the Galloway training method so effective and the most successful in the world for getting people to the finish line of their goal of 13.1, 26.2 and beyond!&nbsp;</p><p>In each episode, weâll be traveling (virtually) across the US to meet with local Galloway running clubs, exploring the unique culture of each city, and hearing firsthand stories from program directors, coaches, and athletes who have experienced the benefits of Galloway training. Weâll uncover what drives these communities and how they support runners in achieving their goals.</p><p>The first episode, which is already live, features me sharing a conversation about the recent Olympics and the experiences that sparked our love for running. <i><b>In the following episodes, you can expect in-depth interviews, plenty of inspiration, and practical training tips to help you stay motivated through the summer and fall running seasons.</b></i></p><p>Stay tuned as we bring you at least half a dozen more episodes filled with stories, insights, and advice that will keep you moving forward, no matter where you are in your running journey!&nbsp;<i>Available on Spotify, Apple, and most podcast apps.&nbsp;</i></p><p><strong><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Hot Take: 2024 Olympic Track &amp; Field and Marathon Marvels</span></strong></p><p>The 2024 Olympic Games delivered unforgettable moments, especially in the track and field and marathon events, where athletes showcased their perseverance, skill, and passion. For Team USA, these games were a celebration of talent and determination, with several athletes standing out and making history. Letâs delve into some of the most inspiring performances that captivated audiences worldwide.</p><p>The menâs 1500 meters was one of the most anticipated events, marked by intense competition and a fierce rivalry between British world title Josh Kerr and former record holder Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Cole Hocker, a rising star from the USA, entered the event with notable accomplishments and kick, but few expecting him to medal. Ingebrigtsen set a blistering pace in hopes to wear out the crowd behind him, Kerr hung in. Hocker also stuck with the pack by sheer determination, faced formidable opponents in final laps and was boxed out a few times, but his incredible sprint finish in the final lap brought the crowd to its feet. Despite a race filled with tactical moves and a blazing pace, Hocker managed to secure a podium finish by pulling ahead of Kerr in literally the last seconds, demonstrating his potential to dominate in future championships. His story is one of grit and determination, as he emerged as a key figure in one of the most thrilling 1500m races in recent history.</p><p>Grant Fisher is from my home state, "The Michigan Marvel", hailing from Grand Blanc area and an engineer by training. He was the surprise early standout for Team USA that really energized all of us and fellow athletes. Everyone loves an underdog story, myself included. Competing in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters, Fisher faced the challenge of elite global competition. His strategy, calculated risk and pacing were impeccable, earning him two medalsâone silver and one bronze. Fisherâs performances were a testament to his incredible work ethic and ability to rise to the occasion on the worldâs biggest stage. His double-medal achievement highlights the depth of American distance running talent and cements his status as one of the best in the sport.</p><p>Gabby Thomas, known for her incredible speed, added to Team USAâs medal haul with a dazzling performance in the womenâs 200 meters. Thomas, who had been a favorite going into the event, lived up to the hype by capturing the gold medal. Her victory was not just a personal triumph but also an inspiring moment for many, as she became a symbol of perseverance and excellence in sprinting. Thomas's journey to Olympic gold has been filled with challenges, but her ability to overcome them and achieve greatness on the track will be remembered for years to come.</p><p>There are so many other Americans that went way beyond expectations and set records, its hard to believe. From Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone's gold medal setting the world record in 400 hurdles to Noah Lyles' defending his atmospheric personality to earn the "fastest human alive" title in the 100 final. Grant Holloway also took gold in the 110m hurdles to become both a 3 time world champion and gold medal winner, and Rai Benjamin won the men's 400 hurdles. Speaking of hurdles, Masai Russell's gold in women's 100m hurdles. I loved her quote afterwards... <i>"I just want every young girl to understand and now that if you believe in&nbsp; yourself if you can see the work and do it day in and day out there'
1s nothing that impossible for you."</i>&nbsp;Class act.&nbsp;</p><p>And our relay teams also did exceedingly well winning 4x400s and 4x100s Olympic titles in men's, women's, and mixed relays, drawing upon a true depth of talent not seen in US history. Let's move on to the longest event and final event of the 17 days in Paris (and despite the time investment, of course my favorite):</p><h3>The Marathon: Sifan Hassan is The Triple Medal Marvel</h3><p>It started the Olympic movement in many ways, and is of course the Greek standard barer for grit. The cadence and sheer willpower to finish such a course was in itself impressive. I found myself in sheer bliss watching both the men and women, their small movements each mile along the course, and efforts to do their very best for their one shot at Olympic glory. While the USA celebrated numerous victories, the world marveled at the extraordinary performance of Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands. Hassan achieved a historic feat by winning three medals across different events, including finishing with gold in the marathon for 38+ miles racing including the heats and finals. Her versatility and endurance were on full display as she competed in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters, and the marathon. The marathon, in particular, was a grueling test of willpower, with challenging hills and tough course conditions that pushed all competitors to their limits in Paris. I loved watching Sifan navigate every single tangent with near perfection, not running more steps than she had to, and calculated each move by staying behind enough to see the lead but not getting swept up into over-energized pushes by single athletes. She knew her one and only push would come at the end, as it always does, when it's needed. The heat of the day was another challenge to overcome for everyone, as many athletes (including Sifan) had ice in on their heads, hands and shirts as often as possible. They still kept near Olympic record pace, despite the heat and hills. Yet, Hassan emerged victorious, cementing her place as one of the greatest distance runners of all time and even having to fight off an elbow on the last stretch making the marathon a clear contact sport from the defending marathon champion!</p><h3>The Menâs Marathon: Is there really that much depth of talent on the planet?</h3><p>The menâs marathon was another highlight, with the athletes facing a course known for its punishing hills and tough conditions, and this one did set an Olympic record. Tamirat Tola from Ethiopia was a late addition due to a last minute drop on the Ethiopian side. While all eyes were on Kipchoge and a few other leaders, Tola silently did the work, kept up with the world's best and earned it. Despite the challenges, the race showcased the resilience and strength of the competitors, and how far marathoning has come just in the last 4 years (for women and men). The grueling nature of the course made the record-breaking performance even more remarkable. For the USA, it was a moment of pride, as their athletes fought valiantly in one of the most demanding events of the Games, Connor Mantz and Clayton Young both securing a top-10 spot around a minute behind the winner.&nbsp; Just a few years ago, such a finish behind a stacked race of Kenyan, Ethiopian runners would have been unthinkable. It seems the training and effort they both put into heat and hills paid off, including with the trials in Orlando, Florida, which I was able to witness in person this year!</p><p>By the way, these two top Americans posted religiously to YouTube about their training leading up to the Olympics, and about their faith and motivation through good and bad days. If you really want to see what it takes day in and day out "how to train like an Olympian", it's a great series to watch.&nbsp;</p><h3>"Games Wide Open"- The Year of Women</h3><p>The 2024 Olympics will be remembered for many reasons, including "opening up" the games as the slogan represents in French, "<i>Ouvrons Grand les Jeux</i>". And it was indeed the first Olympics to achieve full gender parity, a milestone that has been well-earned and long awaited. The track and field and marathon events were truly special for this observer.&nbsp; The athletes who competed in these events demonstrated the power of the human spirit and the relentless pursuit of excellence, as well as in many cases the very best of what it is to be human and share the planet. And women truly did rule the world and US effort this time around, in many ways. They brought home nearly 65% of our medals and dominated off the track in basketball and soccer as well. I saw many examples of international love and comeraderie ami
1dst the competition, respecting and supporting one another as fellow athletes, that is in fact the true goal of the Olympics. I looked to my own daughter Gretchen (now 5 years old) and how inspired she was to see women taking center stage in Paris, how energetically she supported them from a tiny screen and in Germany and Florida. She ran up and down the hall, then outside; she wanted to race! From Gabby Thomasâs golden sprint to Sifan Hassanâs historic marathon win, these Games have provided stories that will inspire future generations of athletes for decades. The legacy of the 2024 Olympics will live on, not just in the records and medals, but in the hearts and minds of young fans like my daughter who witnessed these extraordinary feats. Thinking... "just maybe, if I put in the work, I can do that some day".&nbsp;</p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/1704313838901567317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2024/08/76-paris-olympics-hot-take-and-new.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/1704313838901567317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/1704313838901567317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2024/08/76-paris-olympics-hot-take-and-new.html' title='76: Paris Olympics Hot Take and New Podcast Series with Olympian Jeff Galloway'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkfukKA5330TbobaxpeZsnoMiWvCgcPLw6Z1-BP3Fg_fQwe3qblb6fYzA4cr0erneLSiSSO521QmdztVq5q8XowMHnpRasw9bqCWonvl8P4eRNTT_i_zciB7LPaLnXsk4sQMMZNlE_SktM_jCjAv5OfVYt1GwUX3Oa22l6XxtlUr8kxlmzZTTdN8r_C3P/s72-c/paris-2024-olympics.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-6972744785357978134</id><published>2024-04-15T19:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2026-03-08T14:19:57.910-07:00</updated><title type='text'>75: Why has no one heard of Mark Bauman? </title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;<span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Why has no one heard of Mark Bauman? </span></p><p><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Interview with Mark can be heard here on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/running-anthropologist/id1459919231">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2iJgqebQmrM6DLLHHuKLbU">Spotify, </a>or most other listening Apps!</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-8d1209c3-7fff-fcb4-ec91-373e3b3ee2e6"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In the bustling world of marathons, where records are made and broken every year under the gaze of cheering crowds and super shoes flamboyantly crash the course, there exists a man whose name resonates much more quietly, until recently known to only a few Michiganders despite his remarkable achievements: Mark Bauman. He has quietly etched his name into the annals of running history, without running industry backing or media hype. Today, as he set the world record for the most consecutive Boston Marathon finishes at an astounding 55, it begs the question: Shouldn't everyone know about Mark Bauman?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ48jSFv8BTM0RbInPTmeoLieZjku1nM0PDJCSnQewAsgG7ySD3LAGhp-Bl1YkZFpwa5iZwObriVydenxpXK86lcZThoGoGKVXUjVhUIS7vV0H1Zmxar0jj55MF5uTdfqfqAxjk1vA7SnZriEcgToZbb2rSoJarpJZgfRqreyUnjw3lA1tyhiQcWSvnrNh/s935/Markb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ48jSFv8BTM0RbInPTmeoLieZjku1nM0PDJCSnQewAsgG7ySD3LAGhp-Bl1YkZFpwa5iZwObriVydenxpXK86lcZThoGoGKVXUjVhUIS7vV0H1Zmxar0jj55MF5uTdfqfqAxjk1vA7SnZriEcgToZbb2rSoJarpJZgfRqreyUnjw3lA1tyhiQcWSvnrNh/w225-h400/Markb.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark with his wife after his historic 55th Finish April 15th, 2024 in Boston</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Back in 1975, Bauman ran his fastest marathon ever by covering the point-to-point course from Hopkinton to Boston in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 32 seconds. These days, the goal for the 74-year-old Bauman is to reach the finish line in time to record an official finish. This standard is six hours after the final runner crosses the start line, which he met again today on Boylston Street. </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #212529; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In addition to this feat at Boston, Bauman has run every single Detroit Free Press Marathon since it began in 1978. He also has run every CRIM 10-miler in Flint and Frankenmuth </span><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Volkslaufe </span><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">race, ever.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A product of Flint, Michigan, he found camaraderie in the sport during his junior year at Flint Ainsworth High School. Encouraged by his brother, Bauman ventured into cross country, quickly taking to the sport and laying the foundation for a lifelong passion. Little did he know that this initial step would propel him into a realm of endurance and resilience that could tread, and more importantly in his eyes, that he would enable the achievement of healthy miles for thousands of other soles in his lifetime.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His affinity and talent for long-distance running into marathons became evident early on, overshadowing his prowess in shorter track events. While his track times may not have dazzled, his marathon feats spoke volumes, and his ability to enjoy high mileage through cold Michigan winters was likewise impressive; racking up roughly 120,000 miles with nearly 1,500 of those in Boston alone. Bauman's love affair with the Boston Marathon commenced in 1970, back when an earnest coach's letter was sufficient for entry, and a few years before the founding of his running shop in 1974 (which today remains the longest continuously operating running specialty store in the US). Through highs and lows, injuries and setbacks, he remained steadfast in his commitment to cross the finish line at Boston year after year, embodying the spirit of perseverance synonymous with the event that spells âheartbreakâ for many due to its mischievous hills throughout and especially near the end.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But Bauman's contributions extend far beyond these personal achievements. In the heart of Flint, he cultivated a community of runners, founding the Riverbend Striders and organizing races that benef
1ited thousands over the years. As the proprietor of Bauman's Running &amp; Walking Shop, he served as more than just a seller of shoes; he became a beacon of support and encouragement for aspiring runners, offering guidance and camaraderie to all who crossed his path. I personally benefited from this wisdom growing up. My mother was a single parent, a high school teacher and women's track/cross country coach by trade. Every time any athlete needed shoes, including myself, Mark would work wonders to find exactly what they needed regardless of their budget. My mom thought the world of him, and later I would travel hours just to make it to Baumanâs Running Store for my own first pair of marathon trainers to toe the line at the Detroit Marathon, where I would earn my own hard-fought âBQâ, or Boston Qualifying time.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Despite the remarkable feats and unwavering dedication to the sport, Bauman remains a humble figure, content to let his actions speak louder than words. He categorically shies away from the spotlight, preferring to channel his energy into</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> miles with his long-time running friends and </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">helping new friends get moving in Michigan communities. It's this spirit, coupled with his genuine belief in the goodness of running and others around him, that sets Bauman apart from the crowd. Did I mention that he recently sold his famed running store to three fellow long-time employees for a buck each?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As he finished his record-breaking Boston Marathon journey today in the heat of Boston running for another 6 hour finish across the hills and into Copely Square, fueled by the support of his community and the camaraderie of fellow runners and family there to witness it, it might just be time his light shines as one of the last true unsung heroes of the running world. Mark may not seek recognition or accolades, but his legacy of runners filling the streets of Michigan resonates far beyond the finish line. Indeed, his story serves as a reminder of the quiet strength and unwavering dedication that define true greatness, both in character and in running.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So, why has no one heard of Mark Bauman? There remains no good reason. Perhaps because he doesn't seek praise, content to let his actions speak for themselves. While h</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">e has recently been inducted into the Flint </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #212529; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;
1 font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Area Sports Hall of Fame, and everyone in Michigan running or a part of CRIM training programs know Mark, perhaps the national spotlight and media fandom is not made for figures like him. </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But today, as he adds another chapter to his marathon journey, it's time to celebrate the man behind the record, whose impact transcends miles and minutes. Mark Bauman, a name now etched in the annals of marathon history, is a testament to the power of passion, perseverance, and kindness building a running community. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>
1Article by Mark Lane-Holbert</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://gfashof.org/inductee/bauman-mark/">Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame link</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><a href="https://werunthistown.com/">"We Run This Town" Bauman's Running and Walking Shop</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/6972744785357978134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2024/04/episode-75-why-has-no-one-ever-heard-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/6972744785357978134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/6972744785357978134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2024/04/episode-75-why-has-no-one-ever-heard-of.html' title='75: Why has no one heard of Mark Bauman? '/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ48jSFv8BTM0RbInPTmeoLieZjku1nM0PDJCSnQewAsgG7ySD3LAGhp-Bl1YkZFpwa5iZwObriVydenxpXK86lcZThoGoGKVXUjVhUIS7vV0H1Zmxar0jj55MF5uTdfqfqAxjk1vA7SnZriEcgToZbb2rSoJarpJZgfRqreyUnjw3lA1tyhiQcWSvnrNh/s72-w225-h400-c/Markb.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-8707886316834614098</id><published>2023-12-01T18:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2024-04-15T19:27:10.732-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Episode 74: New York City Marathon & Achilles International, with Blair McConnell</title><content type='html'><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><b>Episode #74 can be found most places podcasts are heard, and topics can be explored more through the links below!</b></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoxppDaEJYCwx9k89oB0ffeLC6lqdgSo6UJFfmMWo0VxQuap9TrKCUkmuLIsRltBgaEgQdvP_QnglWXSSR1t1vkzocUOcsI_DXh1VUDIivl0ISHf2p_xTEd2VxR78dyLwm5qMRaSLpxBmBOzMmYzDJpbgxR8LWDbQJGPVnEV1W8M11LEAb2LvDkoby4ue/s960/Blair.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoxppDaEJYCwx9k89oB0ffeLC6lqdgSo6UJFfmMWo0VxQuap9TrKCUkmuLIsRltBgaEgQdvP_QnglWXSSR1t1vkzocUOcsI_DXh1VUDIivl0ISHf2p_xTEd2VxR78dyLwm5qMRaSLpxBmBOzMmYzDJpbgxR8LWDbQJGPVnEV1W8M11LEAb2LvDkoby4ue/w300-h400/Blair.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Achilles Athlete Blair McConnell in Center, <br />Guides Anton to left and Mark to right</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><b>The TCS New York City Marathon is a race like none other, and many train for years in expectation of being able to take part, including this episode's featured guest Blair McConnell of New Zealand, who came as part of the <a href="https://www.achillesinternational.org/">Achilles International </a>Delegation from his home country. Having been thwarted by the pandemic in 2020, he waited three years longer to run his ultimate destination race, and first marathon, through the 5 boroughs: starting in Staten Island and proceeding over the Verazzano Bridge into&nbsp;Brooklyn, then the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan. In this episode, we have a few live clips from just before and just after the marathon alongside Anton McLean (his guide from Christchurch) and Mark Lane-Holbert (myself, guide from USA). However the majority of the episode is recorded with Blair a few weeks after the marathon with him back in Christchurch, adding some perspective.&nbsp;</b></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><b>Blair was recently featured in a local Christchurch article also,<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odt.co.nz%2Fstar-news%2Fstar-districts%2Fstar-selwyn%2Fblind-canterbury-runner-completes-nyc-marathon%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR01Lj7-Bp1nRN9e7HtG5jW_pfl9YBRDhRX-Wm1bN33Yl_d_HwphzGGnDvc&amp;h=AT1dPOys1gdUWpAV9r3Eaf1VdX3xsT13ev9X9z9UGepydTG1Pb38CE6WnqMiCgPRb2OjeHXOLGoc5OTOqo392jos8r1CSE7NtPM6KtedOCxPzz_jg6h-9QIVP3Z-rw&amp;__tn__=%2CmH-R&amp;c[0]=AT0vrOFI5cnUk8YqS2-1E-KfA-Q-1-ZxBf11SV2fs379IMoY0AJXCai5afQqgAoHQN5K25-HrXzgu9lxpzzFfPEj1fSaHU_M6c4IhScdT8---mMFTrL4qabVhsuBI8UWOlaXyyTYFT9NhrpTpFTzW4g6Lqp8dYblYTe5vacn85D26JeQjJHe"> you can read here.&nbsp;</a></b></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgNgjS1i1rFYFnK18OOKOilSmoCj8H9szfnFLkaDkeBgfB5VyF878hD7xD_KBMgo6KXibBMwVpkqiZtF02Sxny9ZIKzEmUj1lLHw6YsOvV6wTtnNl1HexnTfaYVJUz4NzfXiJY7Ri7OemwJ4KBA8RbBWVuxMxz04xmJCxkcnifOra7ZtNOEVPznn5YWN4/s2048/AchillesNYC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgNgjS1i1rFYFnK18OOKOilSmoCj8H9szfnFLkaDkeBgfB5VyF878hD7xD_KBMgo6KXibBMwVpkqiZtF02Sxny9ZIKzEmUj1lLHw6YsOvV6wTtnNl1HexnTfaYVJUz4NzfXiJY7Ri7OemwJ4KBA8RbBWVuxMxz04xmJCxkcnifOra7ZtNOEVPznn5YWN4/w400-h300/AchillesNYC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Achilles Tent/Prep area just before start of the 2023 TCS NYC Marathon, <br />Verazzano Bridge sunrise in background!</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><h1 style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;">In this episode, we explore what it's like to join an Achilles Chapter and why he runs with them, how he found his guides, and several high points and considerations of traveling internationally for a marathon. We also discuss some of the challenges of being a visually impaired running in a crowded big city marathon, but alongside this the joy and thrill of immense crowds along the course, with music and languages from many different cultures represented in NYC. We also touch on the phenomenon of<a href="https://www.parkrun.us/"> Park Runs,</a> his recent accomplishment of 100 Park Runs, and his upcoming adventures. If you would like to explore Achilles International, <a href="https://www.achillesinternational.org/ ">you can visit their website.</a>&nbsp; Here, you'll find chapters around the US and the world, and find out more about both athlete and guide opportunities.</h1><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>If you have a corner of running culture you are exploring or would like to, share with us on Facebook or Instagram. Until next time, Happy Running!</b></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/8707886316834614098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2023/12/episode-47-new-york-city-marathon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/8707886316834614098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/8707886316834614098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2023/12/episode-47-new-york-city-marathon.html' title='Episode 74: New York City Marathon & Achilles International, with Blair McConnell'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoxppDaEJYCwx9k89oB0ffeLC6lqdgSo6UJFfmMWo0VxQuap9TrKCUkmuLIsRltBgaEgQdvP_QnglWXSSR1t1vkzocUOcsI_DXh1VUDIivl0ISHf2p_xTEd2VxR78dyLwm5qMRaSLpxBmBOzMmYzDJpbgxR8LWDbQJGPVnEV1W8M11LEAb2LvDkoby4ue/s72-w300-h400-c/Blair.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-3341664875179961297</id><published>2023-10-03T11:32:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2023-10-03T11:33:53.709-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Episode 73: Running with Richelle Weeks, Physiotherapist </title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-IHeSqAn00inDnPCmzH81dQzZ57Lr2941WZgN2nTxCW9n-c7IJMafPcsiZCyp5wDF7idrmRm3eTx_hzRxWXDPEgiidfeSmJjGQet0HSylFAJk7GgL9ApDiuoBk873TGgy7xq_xgm6SwYRt4dKAnCkeTV39APES-7kBUqlCIBIUt4pBvi1GXR-OaWVenN/s2048/Headshot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-IHeSqAn00inDnPCmzH81dQzZ57Lr2941WZgN2nTxCW9n-c7IJMafPcsiZCyp5wDF7idrmRm3eTx_hzRxWXDPEgiidfeSmJjGQet0HSylFAJk7GgL9ApDiuoBk873TGgy7xq_xgm6SwYRt4dKAnCkeTV39APES-7kBUqlCIBIUt4pBvi1GXR-OaWVenN/s320/Headshot.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richelle Weeks, Physiotherapist, MSc.</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">Our guest this episode is a talented Physiotherapist and accomplished runner in her own right who has helped many reach their full potential and stay happy and healthy in their running, who also happens to be running the Chicago marathon this week! Richelle Weeks specializes in the treatment and prevention of running injuries and has her own practice in Ottawa, Canada. She is trained in Physiotherapy (Masters degree from Dalhousie Univ.), and also holds a degree in Kinesiology degree. Her dual loves of running and Physiotherapy fermented in 2009 as she combined her passion for running with her career, and began focusing almost exclusively on helping runners achieve their best and avoid injury. She started a popular training program in person and online to help individuals prevent injury, which is how we found her. She also practiced in Goose Bay, Labrador for 10 years at a rural hospital, then in 2018 I moved with her family to Ottawa where I began working in private practice.</span></p><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As we all know, distance r</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">unning can strain and damage soft tissue like tendons, ligaments, smaller muscles and nerve</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">s.&nbsp;</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An expert sports physical therapist or physiotherapist can perform soft tissue treatments to relieve swelling and pain in these areas and increase functionality for better running, and can provide elements of strength training and "pre-hab" to prevent injury in problem areas</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.&nbsp;</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">They may also advise runners on proper form, training methods, strategies for preventing injuries, and pr</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">oper shoe selection and work with them to develop a plan, tailored to their specific needs, for successful running. This is ideally done in tandem with a trained distance running coach, and in some cases, like today's guest, may be one in the same! She loves finding solutions for others and helping others to become more patient runners, to meet their goals via small pieces in each build. She also helps runners to making running "sustainable, consistent and see the big picture".&nbsp;</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We hope that all runners find a Physio or PT they can trust, that specializes in running or can relate as runner to the struggles we have!&nbsp; This episode may be the beginning of the journey. 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1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-IHeSqAn00inDnPCmzH81dQzZ57Lr2941WZgN2nTxCW9n-c7IJMafPcsiZCyp5wDF7idrmRm3eTx_hzRxWXDPEgiidfeSmJjGQet0HSylFAJk7GgL9ApDiuoBk873TGgy7xq_xgm6SwYRt4dKAnCkeTV39APES-7kBUqlCIBIUt4pBvi1GXR-OaWVenN/s72-c/Headshot.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-7396036747497516576</id><published>2023-09-22T12:43:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2023-09-22T14:57:23.048-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Episode 72: Cross Country Training Tips, and Transition to Collegiate Running</title><content type='html'><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">Episode 72 can be found nearly anywhere you find your podcasts, including <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/running-anthropologist/id1459919231">Apple</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5V8u0KAQIXFrXN7NnjVSBp">Spotify</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IXdMd2v8xgGuNkRx0AGtR2DAELhUJ14HcOhskmyHtzVU6Hw1JUs3tuB5kfc9yD-V7WQ8LAgz-eJdA5326NqE3vNR4nyD-RyR2ZCeQtgXhq9QKLPvzlOCi6MGyaTBuKHRGI0zZOCftTGtz7LHFab_wdEYa4niAsEQgnlBTRK0h5UKs9jkVDSycbZAOSl_/s592/KJ3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="592" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IXdMd2v8xgGuNkRx0AGtR2DAELhUJ14HcOhskmyHtzVU6Hw1JUs3tuB5kfc9yD-V7WQ8LAgz-eJdA5326NqE3vNR4nyD-RyR2ZCeQtgXhq9QKLPvzlOCi6MGyaTBuKHRGI0zZOCftTGtz7LHFab_wdEYa4niAsEQgnlBTRK0h5UKs9jkVDSycbZAOSl_/w400-h268/KJ3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">College XC Teammates at Emory, "Tents and Trails"</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BO4kWmCwG35WZanbspmxfmZ7HHHicmQp68pUKA00hh7i0xTO0wk9boQ-4KtsGumNRRRNczPxVccgisx29ChZGjYkjmq9RpeqrVKyiwutqg2EP_LeaOwVXOXp_9jPMkFW8Hz1YUTP9_s7UEg1A_w0CMw0gdbLSkZJ3sdxx0wAOz6Sl00HEGhR4fl1IVnM/s245/KJ.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="245" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BO4kWmCwG35WZanbspmxfmZ7HHHicmQp68pUKA00hh7i0xTO0wk9boQ-4KtsGumNRRRNczPxVccgisx29ChZGjYkjmq9RpeqrVKyiwutqg2EP_LeaOwVXOXp_9jPMkFW8Hz1YUTP9_s7UEg1A_w0CMw0gdbLSkZJ3sdxx0wAOz6Sl00HEGhR4fl1IVnM/w320-h269/KJ.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KJ Karver's High School accomplishments</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">An Ode to Cross Country:&nbsp;</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">On grassy fields, golf courses, wooded paths, around ponds, in the mud, in the rain, in the snow...&nbsp;</span></span><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Moving fast and past autumn leaves, wind blows through my hair around each bend as my shoes grip the curved earth.</span><p></p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">We raise our spirits as we empty our lungs. I stretch to keep the pace with finish line in sight.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif;" /><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">As soon as I cross, I cannot wait to run again.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif;" /><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">And I know I am right where I'm meant to be.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif;" /><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">-by Mark Lane-Holbert, Inspired by Rock Creek Runners</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif;" /><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">This month we dive into the joys of cross country and collegiate running in general, especially training tips, in an interview with KJ Karver, a successful high school runner who is starting his collegiate running career at Emory. Flashback 4 years: We had the pleasure of first meeting him on Running Anthropologist just before he entered high school, in an interview with his training partner and father, Dr. Marc Karver. Since then, he has won multiple awards and was among the best cross country athletes in the state of Florida, and now seeking to be the best in his NCAA division. He has had several private coaches but still trained and run with his dad often until leaving for university, and this relationship has instilled a sense of dedication, sometimes friendly competition and always a safe place for conversation.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5IV4t4l_Vzf46fJiuXNCUHApQSQ_y-4UA2ferWsJonUuNcWp4nPN_W8Cv1o
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He gives some simple tips that represent a treasure trove of knowledge in training for any age, including for the unbounded energy of high school runners. We also touch on some youth-specific topics, including the basics of college recruiting and how to think about the process ahead of time. Hope you enjoy this peek into what makes a successful runner transitioning to college, both in attitude and practical skills. We are very grateful for his time and wish KJ luck in all his endeavours!&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">Please leave us a message about your favorite collegiate runners and cross country courses, below or on FB/Instagram!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif;" /><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">Here are a few resources to read more about cross country in general, from <a href="https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20825636/cross-country-specific-training-tips/">Runners World </a>and <a href="https://marathonhandbook.com/how-to-train-for-cross-country/">Marathon Handbook:&nbsp;</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif;" /><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">Another great resource for workouts and coaches is LetsRun.com</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif;" /><span face="CircularSp, CircularSp-Arab, CircularSp-Hebr, CircularSp-Cyrl, CircularSp-Grek, CircularSp-Deva, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, &quot;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro&quot;, Meiryo, &quot;MS Gothic&quot;, sans-serif">Until next time, wishing you and yours Happy Running!</span></span></div></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/7396036747497516576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2023/09/episode-72-cross-country-training-tips.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/7396036747497516576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/7396036747497516576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2023/09/episode-72-cross-country-training-tips.html' title='Episode 72: Cross Country Training Tips, and Transition to Collegiate Running'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IXdMd2v8xgGuNkRx0AGtR2DAELhUJ14HcOhskmyHtzVU6Hw1JUs3tuB5kfc9yD-V7WQ8LAgz-eJdA5326NqE3vNR4nyD-RyR2ZCeQtgXhq9QKLPvzlOCi6MGyaTBuKHRGI0zZOCftTGtz7LHFab_wdEYa4niAsEQgnlBTRK0h5UKs9jkVDSycbZAOSl_/s72-w400-h268-c/KJ3.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-1864851720055909735</id><published>2023-03-19T21:30:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2023-03-20T09:44:46.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trail Running Film Fest Global Tour, Mathias Eichler</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;Episode 71:&nbsp;Trail Running Film Fest Global Tour, with Executive Producer Mathias Eichler, is available just about anywhere Podcasts can be heard!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpFDdYwkvXxUfJR-_GU6ldz-xyxOGSE5IeOTHCCa5i8zMl1Gv0P2N_d8-BVi6ltdpm9J1xzSA76Yxv7UMMuFuJtj768Cjwaf-KEdWJYZlNsuK16VUnPa2FcnbpHtxRD-q1EzNW5WYme6EpIhWD3zA5ZTI_HoIGtuD-4ag3-xahEm_zmOVwF7BKkmIaw/s526/FFpost2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpFDdYwkvXxUfJR-_GU6ldz-xyxOGSE5IeOTHCCa5i8zMl1Gv0P2N_d8-BVi6ltdpm9J1xzSA76Yxv7UMMuFuJtj768Cjwaf-KEdWJYZlNsuK16VUnPa2FcnbpHtxRD-q1EzNW5WYme6EpIhWD3zA5ZTI_HoIGtuD-4ag3-xahEm_zmOVwF7BKkmIaw/s320/FFpost2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span>&nbsp;Do you ever wish you could get a birds-eye view into all the unique stuff going on with trail running around the globe? The Trail Running Film Fest thought of just that, and has films from independent filmmakers covering people in every walk(-run) of life!&nbsp;</span>In this episode, the Trail Running Film Festival's executive producer Mathias Eichler and I discuss it&nbsp; all, how it started and he shares about the "why" behind their work. We also discuss how it all comes together, and a bit about the films featured this year.</p><p>This year, a focus on diversity both in terms of runners culture and geographic landscapes makes for a beautiful lineup. Many stories and voices that are not traditionally found in the cinema can now be seen in cities everywhere through their host-sponsored Global Tour. Check the website for a location near you, 50+ cities including Tampa Bay's USF in mid-April. After the tour ends at the end of April, one can also purchase a home pass and watch the entire film festival from the comfort of home, if you cannot make it to one of the theater venues.</p><p>Mathias also shares his own background and how he got into trail running and fell in love with the pacific Northwest of the US. He gives us the best places to run and some insider tips for how to avoid crowds and find the best trails at two national park areas in Washington state, near Olympia!&nbsp; Below is a quick announcement of what you can expect in the film fest this year:</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"The Trail Running Film Festival is back on tour around the world, and coming to somewhere near you for a great night of films, inspiration, and community. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">You're invited to celebrate with us running as a universal practice. Come explore our collective and individual potential, and let's pursue our wildest dreams.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We're excited to bring you stories from around the world by filmmakers sharing their work of adventure, inclusivity, wilderness, art, and diversity across the trail and ultra community!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">More information at: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://trailfilmfest.com">trailfilmfest.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">You can also of course find us and message us about unique corners of running culture, or your favorite trail runs, at @runninganthropologist on IG or Facebook!&nbsp; Until then, Happy Running!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtL1q6M7f87oyX_-DeDINugS5Lpt93FjmXZOh526hQJT-UQ6qVrSdHxE0D0hWFRBS_K5pjyjHX3MdAd0QOU4S5zox74mTPEqMTIIC7Nh0Kq26CETtP1HHT4panrpkvDGuFkg-rC
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1-PL0P7zV2MYHHEyiC1NdGkNbo2otLKA3CRsdYWkADxrCZKOnKnu8Xot6LU0K-B2ZQ9YRNE6I_rtCJEbAorQljQLHEwNro_MIbs2GC-NzHJ6h4OnjGUFJt6KJJsfGfqmZeJ98pQRVU46MoD1_hQ/s1440/image_6483441%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCqJvS1z664vqS97dvAjbY9tSh6kM5--XOtko-Gsm-PL0P7zV2MYHHEyiC1NdGkNbo2otLKA3CRsdYWkADxrCZKOnKnu8Xot6LU0K-B2ZQ9YRNE6I_rtCJEbAorQljQLHEwNro_MIbs2GC-NzHJ6h4OnjGUFJt6KJJsfGfqmZeJ98pQRVU46MoD1_hQ/w400-h300/image_6483441%20(1).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immortals Medals, after 12+ Ragnar relays in 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Jx5yARHcJQEhyYeTaF9lln3dAz4r6aUcB25bVIGu-Q4C1Hz68-ZKZHVEu-_Odf5qN4ZaEUm8mv7ELvPGfz-LAduAPASr6s8YNKaYJfwC47n9By2wohnlMHKGGfTBFi4PKTa5fOahup7JeWjA1e5Qqse3TIYzItel8mwGKlvtkew_zGD9w0G9HDOajg/s480/image_6483441.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Jx5yARHcJQEhyYeTaF9lln3dAz4r6aUcB25bVIGu-Q4C1Hz68-ZKZHVEu-_Odf5qN4ZaEUm8mv7ELvPGfz-LAduAPASr6s8YNKaYJfwC47n9By2wohnlMHKGGfTBFi4PKTa5fOahup7JeWjA1e5Qqse3TIYzItel8mwGKlvtkew_zGD9w0G9HDOajg/w400-h300/image_6483441.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;Florida Trail Team of 8</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, that's a surprisingly difficult question to answer, it turns out... In old norse it means "warrior", yet today it means so many different things to different people, and the experience is not the same from one team to the next either, which heavily depends on the particular location and event. There were over 30 this year to choose from. One thing is the same across them all, "experiencing true camaraderie", according to Ragnar.&nbsp; And lest I forget: you get to run, and see some places you would probably never see by foot.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This included the end-of-the-year Florida Trail Ragnar, which I had the opportunity to participate in December 2nd-3rd, 2022.&nbsp; Could this be an Ultra with a team of 4, or be a marathon with a team of 6, or something more fun with a team of 8?&nbsp;</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, yes, and yes. That's one of the reasons Ragnar is so hard to understand from the outside, with so many possibilities and&nbsp;combinations of skill, experience, and speed, each story is unique on the other side of the relay experience.&nbsp; We formed a team of 8 to accomplish the Florida Trail Ragnar in about 24 hours held outside of Tampa Bay at Alafia State Park,&nbsp;but our team dropped down to 7 after an early ankle injury. Those who accepted this challenge included Team Captain Mike Grinnell (interviewed for this episode), Justin Yarbrough, Justin Morris, Joe Bridges, Tito Velasquez, Igor Kornienko and our in-house musician / volunteer, Bob Shea.&nbsp;</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKZ-QsimydyAwhoTXNESKxhF3AZ2C7myBG-0_thtyHus8yntiizSgeixM0ckV_99Ko78FkEf0rzgQXUeU0bcbxUzNG2JcYG8FLYdIkOmzYwhNPmzQYSmLUY74s5FFbmCI18LILD5o5tJQ-bzDqwtvSqQU2aVr0_-1ZBdABqewxLyF3kFGomS6AVPG_A/s4032/image_50752769.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKZ-QsimydyAwhoTXNESKxhF3AZ2C7myBG-0_thtyHus8yntiizSgeixM0ckV_99Ko78FkEf0rzgQXUeU0bcbxUzNG2JcYG8FLYdIkOmzYwhNPmzQYSmLUY74s5FFbmCI18LILD5o5tJQ-bzDqwtvSqQU2aVr0_-1ZBdABqewxLyF3kFGomS6AVPG_A/w400-h300/image_50752769.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail Music Support by Nurse Bob Shea</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this episode, I start by interviewing the veteran team captain to see what it takes and how one gets into this Ragnar thing initially, and keeps it going for years. I also interview a relatively new Ragnar runner who is also volunteering to make coffee and hot cocoa as she keep the troops energized, just around the corner from the all night campfire and exchange zone where one "hands off the baton" between runners. We then hear from one of the organizers facilitating the sprawling event, informing us about topics from Ragnar route setup to "circus&nbsp;travels".&nbsp; And lastly we touch base with a group of folks known as "immortals" (note the norse mythology continuation), as they have earned the title by completing over 12 of these Ragnar events in one year, and find out from them some of their lessons learned and favorites. Forty-five time Ragnar alum Rick Harold told me while cheering on fellow "immortals" that it wasn't really about finishing or times or even running necessarily, but about the community and feeling of challenge accomplishment together, after he had just finished cheering for over 24 hours!&nbsp;<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmYAxA_nhFw_yAwDsDZ9vMcvLKaytI4KxKlGUD4DwZ86LB849dfL-TRCVRkmyhD0547AcdxH5fGaV2cAyVzTOq7ntUuHn_P4lM6TiKgXxN9eqGsK_5W18w2g4Q_SY15DaG4VjW4n-ul6-QuTcSC11HI8Nd5jkeM8iivaqrdmr8ZAaQKhSoSgKyWjneQ/s4032/image_50451713.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmYAxA_nhFw_yAwDsDZ9vMcvLKaytI4KxKlGUD4DwZ86LB849dfL-TRCVRkmyhD0547AcdxH5fGaV2cAyVzTOq7ntUuHn_P4lM6TiKgXxN9eqGsK_5W18w2g4Q_SY15DaG4VjW4n-ul6-QuTcSC11HI8Nd5jkeM8iivaqrdmr8ZAaQKhSoSgKyWjneQ/w400-h300/image_50451713.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exchange area at Ragnar Florida</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and there are Road&nbsp;Ragnars and Sprint Ragnars as well. Perhaps more on that in a future episode, when I'm tempted to travel in a team van for 24 hours plus trading non-van time to run in who knows where!&nbsp; To summarize, a quote from Ragnar webpage: "Set a crazy goal. Gather your tribe. Divide and conquer. Bask in the joy of achieving something together that you could never do alone (very true). With more cowbell, baby. Always more cowbell. "<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find everything else you need to know at: <a href="http://www.runragnar.com">www.runragnar.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please reach out and share, connect with us on Facebook or IG: RunningAnthropologist</div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/5134367992247397039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/12/episode-70-ragnar-101-all-about-florida.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/5134367992247397039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/5134367992247397039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/12/episode-70-ragnar-101-all-about-florida.html' title='Episode 70: Ragnar 101 & All About Florida Trail'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCqJvS1z664vqS97dvAjbY9tSh6kM5--XOtko-Gsm-PL0P7zV2MYHHEyiC1NdGkNbo2otLKA3CRsdYWkADxrCZKOnKnu8Xot6LU0K-B2ZQ9YRNE6I_rtCJEbAorQljQLHEwNro_MIbs2GC-NzHJ6h4OnjGUFJt6KJJsfGfqmZeJ98pQRVU46MoD1_hQ/s72-w400-h300-c/image_6483441%20(1).JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-272724594119687680</id><published>2022-10-28T18:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2022-10-28T18:49:49.040-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Episode 69: Writing about Running, with Terrell Johnson</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;Episode 69 of the Running Anthropologist can be heard nearly anywhere you find your podcasts, including Apple, Google, Spotify and Anchor!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_krXPq1nk9_cBQMFy_DU50PICbGIYr6fTp2p9zntGoWP9WTam1A2CM5SmoEVoZn0ph9kidkjqOuyM3jaabcucMatvHTMTuQaDRdLfIr025s5-kpCfGQXzraKBG4F19jp3kCj0dZRjm_QyJxEG-V5HcLGn7Bl35m6QuQhwd-vEKOVUaoPLTQWe3-cMxg/s448/Screenshot%202022-10-28%209.44.47%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="448" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_krXPq1nk9_cBQMFy_DU50PICbGIYr6fTp2p9zntGoWP9WTam1A2CM5SmoEVoZn0ph9kidkjqOuyM3jaabcucMatvHTMTuQaDRdLfIr025s5-kpCfGQXzraKBG4F19jp3kCj0dZRjm_QyJxEG-V5HcLGn7Bl35m6QuQhwd-vEKOVUaoPLTQWe3-cMxg/s320/Screenshot%202022-10-28%209.44.47%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>This episode focuses on the work of Terrell Johnson, running-focused author and journalist, founder of The Half Marathoner, which covers the most unique half marathons across the US, and beyond. For many runners, half marathons are much more manageable for goalsetting and running multiple races throughout the year than 26.2. One can for example work in a small, unique half marathon at a national park vacation, or find one in just about any state any weekend of the year!&nbsp;</p><p>Tens of thousands of runners read his weekly posts on Substack, contribute and explore for themselves. He is not able to run all of these, but does his homework, and makes it to as many as he can. This episode is less about specific half marathons, and more about the process of researching, writing about and building the community around Half Marathoner over the 17 years. He often focuses on the internal life of runners in his work, and how running helps improve our lives all around. At times, his Substack newsletter reads as not just about half marathons or directly about running at all, but about our shared humanity and what inspires us, that runners also happen to be a part of.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>For any aspiring writers, this episode also has some hidden gems. For anyone hoping to run a half marathon, he explains why and how to find a good one- including using his own Substack site weekly to learn and share our own favorites! While this episode is certainly not a how-to guide of half marathons, there are some useful resources in his training plan and half marathoner online community.&nbsp;</p><p>Terrell fills a void in those of us searching to find corners of running culture, that is the half marathon is often neglected in articles and writing. In fact, before he started one in 2006, there was not website dedicated to half marathons specifically. Most of the content of his newsletters are completely free, although one can subscribe and get much deeper if you find you like it and want more.&nbsp;</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEnaGxrVm5SCmWK7h7b6lyfrbKyue-eK-42wglpXBbFcTGcTf7nyury8vciKL-FVxgsKYbA-va-EDkp_gV3xyDUBq8iSQAe0DCzA1X_fKJmBkKmIODwhXbQNJNlfnVe8ny72cieYPLX1jh353pJFPzN5zTa1NKN_H5TDfR2lMNBIWjEQnaxW0sciSzw/s300/terrell%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEnaGxrVm5SCmWK7h7b6lyfrbKyue-eK-42wglpXBbFcTGcTf7nyury8vciKL-FVxgsKYbA-va-EDkp_gV3xyDUBq8iSQAe0DCzA1X_fKJmBkKmIODwhXbQNJNlfnVe8ny72cieYPLX1jh353pJFPzN5zTa1NKN_H5TDfR2lMNBIWjEQnaxW0sciSzw/s1600/terrell%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>You can find Terrell's The Half Marathoner Substack at www.thehalfmarathoner.com and you can find us on IG or Facebook @RunningAnthropologist<p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/272724594119687680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/10/episode-69-writing-about-running-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/272724594119687680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/272724594119687680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/10/episode-69-writing-about-running-with.html' title='Episode 69: Writing about Running, with Terrell Johnson'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_krXPq1nk9_cBQMFy_DU50PICbGIYr6fTp2p9zntGoWP9WTam1A2CM5SmoEVoZn0ph9kidkjqOuyM3jaabcucMatvHTMTuQaDRdLfIr025s5-kpCfGQXzraKBG4F19jp3kCj0dZRjm_QyJxEG-V5HcLGn7Bl35m6QuQhwd-vEKOVUaoPLTQWe3-cMxg/s72-c/Screenshot%202022-10-28%209.44.47%20PM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-5809476183100839532</id><published>2022-10-11T12:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2022-10-11T13:00:43.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hurricane Ian Rebuilding "Miles for Dollars" Challenge</title><content type='html'><p>Hurricane Ian Rebuilding "Miles for Dollars" Challenge:</p><div class="x_ContentPasted0 x_elementToProof" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We in the distance run-walk community are organizing a solidarity<span class="x_ContentPasted0" color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;</span><b class="x_ContentPasted0">"miles for dollars"</b><span class="x_ContentPasted0" color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;</span>fundraiser to support families through&nbsp;<b><a href="https://convoyofhope.org/disaster-services/ian-response/">Convoy of Hope</a>,</b>&nbsp;including serving those not covered by FEMA such as community/civic centers, and spiritual centers/churches in the area, which can distribute aid quickly to their communities, help with housing, etc.</div><div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Basics: You can pledge/dedicate a certain amount per mile you hope to walk/run through the end of 2022- donations will be MATCHED by a generous donor in Tampa Galloway and added to Convoy of Hope every week at the end of the week (you donate on your own), which folks can do/view online with this Google Spreadsheet:&nbsp;<a class="x_ContentPasted0" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="0" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F19k94vpJmb0pp9JJzknVWW6A6fdPgDqo0HJfzRDJjKh8%2Fedit%23gid%3D0&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cmholbert%40usf.edu%7C10b721b999b848da9fc908daabb2a76d%7C741bf7dee2e546df8d6782607df9deaa%7C0%7C0%7C638011081142688801%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4EdQTgeNb%2BzlFhzNCSmvNEDusDe3lxhgwgSmzJBk2uc%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalsrc="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19k94vpJmb0pp9JJzknVWW6A6fdPgDqo0HJfzRDJjKh8/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" shash="MIWLT0CwxllsDqfigtRAz6gGzop/fZPErr03Dyk15NYYgOah/rB9JWRrrU0jEnxgic851Kyh2VRyrX9kmIwCu5qp/8suYOKSkJVGDH+MTp/14F4RfdtfvNo//7TK68o2d/A9mrgVDhCuSU65P83RN0aQQZ9neFemdYM2ILZj5ek=" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19k94vpJmb0pp9JJzknVWW6A6fdPgDqo0HJfzRDJjKh8/edit#gid=0. 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1<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR0jxIKF4bt7Q9hEw9e1vryY8A4vUVjTKVLI7OjIcR2n8RDsWpGJ9_GWaK842JUyP7QAvewR4H5SAXuSWrhExFEtrfzip7Qp6gB6rE_rqBQ2saXm2WRRpZtMQ80CVJL1JbwjPR1I6LR1VRfkxweAKrpIDuUDSi9aS0bob2V6by35EauzUUDV-tIEnmg/s72-w640-h426-c/web-Hurricane-Ian-DS-AP_22272549817275-1024x683.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-8776944392940126545</id><published>2022-07-19T10:15:00.061-07:00</published><updated>2022-12-31T03:41:12.209-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Logotherapy & Running, The Power of Purpose and Pilgrimage</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw3uK43tPVLs8Mgr8nRC2nQMT4L9Fh9R90kx9n2TV9HMNARzCD5ukd2TV5x6rsx0A9zMZBMvKEsqUQxwpcDFo2CeJw0hfxQmedRBVbetjHZQMwkHK6wC3aJrZFMyr4jQ9EjQcSdKkZ70a20AvD1L6TxIoE4tzYXPAnQU5AGChrkXAQqd6P6bI90xOkw/s4032/IMG_5195.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw3uK43tPVLs8Mgr8nRC2nQMT4L9Fh9R90kx9n2TV9HMNARzCD5ukd2TV5x6rsx0A9zMZBMvKEsqUQxwpcDFo2CeJw0hfxQmedRBVbetjHZQMwkHK6wC3aJrZFMyr4jQ9EjQcSdKkZ70a20AvD1L6TxIoE4tzYXPAnQU5AGChrkXAQqd6P6bI90xOkw/s320/IMG_5195.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.recoverycamino.com">Recovey Camino</a>&nbsp;Run-Walk-Run 2022</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">What is a life purpose?&nbsp; How do we live in a way that aligns with our core values?</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Am I willing to do difficult things, worthy of my effort and energy, along "the way"?&nbsp;</span></b></p><div><b>- Mark Lane-Holbert, PhD(c), Educational Psychology, Cert. Logotherapist &amp;&nbsp;</b><b>USATF Coach</b></div><p><!--Start Square Appointments Embed code--><a href="https://squareup.com/appointments/book/3vx0nhyfct2zvd/L77VBF5KWBBTB/start" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #e76c6d; border-radius: 8px; border: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: &quot;Square Market&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 40px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 38px; padding: 0px 28px; text-transform: uppercase;" target="_top">BOOK LOGOTHERAPY APPOINTMENT NOW</a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZao10eHmcIp7chX-Uo4uKRCwaVP1jIA15WU-n5iuNpHDlrDDdlA-TCqpKD5jqvoaTU2amBuK6nk4MGSrQ0Nrm6A0GOOb-HQHXdOsyqWXWWjbR0fC1otvdhsmCo_EzFXS7yJjmXyTvK2ltizHWTNymGuSgYIER-PblfCuROFNxP7IZ6RI6078fwjmRA/s1440/61CE5EF2-D80E-4B81-8D99-2CE336679F95.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZao10eHmcIp7chX-Uo4uKRCwaVP1jIA15WU-n5iuNpHDlrDDdlA-TCqpKD5jqvoaTU2amBuK6nk4MGSrQ0Nrm6A0GOOb-HQHXdOsyqWXWWjbR0fC1otvdhsmCo_EzFXS7yJjmXyTvK2ltizHWTNymGuSgYIER-PblfCuROFNxP7IZ6RI6078fwjmRA/w400-h301/61CE5EF2-D80E-4B81-8D99-2CE336679F95.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coastal Spain, along the Camino de Santiago, May 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div><div><b><a href="https://youtu.be/uF0-es5pPOU">Logotherapy</a></b></div><div>A few years ago, I set out to answer these questions as I started training in something which would transform the way I see the world: logotherapy. It is the psychology of purpose and meaning-making amidst difficulty. I am an educational psych
1ologist and running therapist, and find it is especially useful in motivation, seeking a higher purpose in alignment with our values, as well as recovery from past and current suffering, including addictions; it is actually part of many inter-religious chaplains' training (including my own as a retreat chaplain). Here is an approximately&nbsp;<span face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">~40 minute introductory presentation I recently gave for the Global Logotherapy Initiative: <a href="https://youtu.be/uF0-es5pPOU">Intro to Logotherapy (YouTube)</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div>&nbsp;Also,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/running-anthropologist/id1459919231"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The podcast episode this month</span></a>, primarily from a talk recorded after our recent run-walk pilgrimage in Portugal/Spain along the Camino de Santiago, outlines how identifying our purpose can help us to have the courage, faith and willingness to begin difficult things, grow and change, in all aspects of life.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5GRzgx7YUDMpQ-gu431NBnp13eEHuLy6b_cByRtG4RiRsvT1Rbogjn2ZMrYaz4NH0C_WfqnBJ0C8RgISbsCZ5737HB1yhzmf8KMqXKPf3_RrmBvpVITzLp_Fr-BU1QXq84smvITuz2jLZc-MykZd18iZfBBomq_XckO1wd1a0Cmv40yyPDqgZSAn0g/s1600/3aecf5ba-ca92-472a-8e4d-6d13939024f2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5GRzgx7YUDMpQ-gu431NBnp13eEHuLy6b_cByRtG4RiRsvT1Rbogjn2ZMrYaz4NH0C_WfqnBJ0C8RgISbsCZ5737HB1yhzmf8KMqXKPf3_RrmBvpVITzLp_Fr-BU1QXq84smvITuz2jLZc-MykZd18iZfBBomq_XckO1wd1a0Cmv40yyPDqgZSAn0g/w400-h300/3aecf5ba-ca92-472a-8e4d-6d13939024f2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building &amp; Crossing bridges together</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Response-ability</b></div><div>Dr. Viktor Frankl (founder of logotherapy) would assert that modern epidemics of depression and anxiety are rooted in our existential reality (some is inevitable), and require a "meaning re-frame", reframing a seeming problem to be meaningful and part of our purpose in life. Logotherapeutic practice asserts there is ALWAYS MEANING in every situation, that life challenges are a spiritual springboard to meaning, and that we are called to "response-ability" (the ability to respond to any given life circumstance in a positive way).<div><br /></div><div><b>Purpose is Powerful</b></div><div>Many of us have goals and dreams, and maybe even good habits to make them happen. However, research has shown that life purpose and values are much more a director of our actions than these arbitrary goals we set, and our latent higher purpose or faith determines many of our daily habits. In other words, we will live out the actions and attitude that we purposefully choose.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes, other life events or circumstances get in the way of us meeting a goal or accomplishing a dream, but they can never get in the way of our purpose and values. Over these we have complete control. They determines how we see the past and make sense of the present. This is our true work.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgA3Sc0Sit77IUCr5u_zub7WZNeen5VE5zvVG9gdn7kL0vXPfBUVPn6PnxpPoOjCqWCGYPmsOuZhEG4YxigjCA5LSsyV8so7F5shP2jRNCIoiVpxADqjs7iYEbtDDKIanvjF1asU3U3MVtRCToCxG0KwmTFni4pxSy3fTCDaiI8CLQvioZPTC1YOcEg/s1600/143436f4-14a1-4c22-bc25-2c973d325d8e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgA3Sc0Sit77IUCr5u_zub7WZNeen5VE5zvVG9gdn7kL0vXPfBUVPn6PnxpPoOjCqWCGYPmsOuZhEG4YxigjCA5LSsyV8so7F5shP2jRNCIoiVpxADqjs7iYEbtDDKIanvjF1asU3U3MVtRCToCxG0KwmTFni4pxSy3fTCDaiI8CLQvioZPTC1YOcEg/s320/143436f4-14a1-4c22-bc25-2c973d325d8e.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7i8IwbnmhEsfUhar4Da1DtAWMXEjiSxpIhvp4KwCqXzvJRDiUH7mHpDmgr6e8oZn40yXIqo6xCuvW4Y3sbWzo4KRvnnMyNgxr4ibFvk43u5qR8vY7iPoVk08Xdiu1_gCbmv8q2UOISeMELD4W-fHLhxBHhU9nXZNkCf0Faq3-HudWKRpk6tScjHcgA/s1024/5d710ae0-40b4-461c-97bb-65e854cb6661.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7i8IwbnmhEsfUhar4Da1DtAWMXEjiSxpIhvp4KwCqXzvJRDiUH7mHpDmgr6e8oZn40yXIqo6xCuvW4Y3sbWzo4KRvnnMyNgxr4ibFvk43u5qR8vY7iPoVk08Xdiu1_gCbmv8q2UOISeMELD4W-fHLhxBHhU9nXZNkCf0Faq3-HudWKRpk6tScjHcgA/s320/5d710ae0-40b4-461c-97bb-65e854cb6661.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><b>Pilgrimage</b></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This brings me to pilgrimage, i.e. movement along a physical and spiritual path towards a destination, with the purpose of discovery and seeking spiritual growth through intentional work, one step at a time.&nbsp;</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ58ZRg0gOLHcS9MnMXifBuOw5I2nGww3zcGgxLRqY0Kme8Fg36DbueOiHPHmcQHFSWKW3e3F7lVXRoH7zn2yi7eJj8usvLy8PT_9XcVwVtPRCWrOkPr1ZKn_402kXQAio8f5sJvsXSSvOJHBuD21mv-CfnBSy8l9RZzcxHy2jBI-8-IKLiyMEWPDGg/s195/shell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="195" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ58ZRg0gOLHcS9MnMXifBuOw5I2nGww3zcGgxLRqY0Kme8Fg36DbueOiHPHmcQHFSWKW3e3F7lVXRoH7zn2yi7eJj8usvLy8PT_9XcVwVtPRCWrOkPr1ZKn_402kXQAio8f5sJvsXSSvOJHBuD21mv-CfnBSy8l9RZzcxHy2jBI-8-IKLiyMEWPDGg/w111-h111/shell.jpg" width="111" /></a><a href="http://www.recoverycamino.com" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><b>Recovery Camino</b></i></span></a><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><b> </b></i></span>set out to help individuals in all these areas, we've trained purposeful pilgrims and welcomed 2 amazing groups over the past year, each with the goal of covering ~200k over 10 days, about a Half Marathon each day. Some did miles joining virtually too!</span></div></div><div>Pilgrimage is much like an endurance event with many legs. Only in our case, we sought to grow in willingness by utilizing 12 spiritual principles as a pathway to recovery and meaning, together.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Attitude and Actions: How Logotherapy Works</b></div><div>Consider any large problem you are facing... Is there some ability to respond? Something within your control? Even if you do not have a solution or know when this will end definitively, a good guide is to mindfully recall that the only thing we truly control are our own actions and attitude, a.k.a. our responses to the situations life presents.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Logotherapy helps us to identify how to respond in alignment with our own values. It also helps to identify the latent purpose found between the music of our soul (our intuition, conscience) and life circumstances.&nbsp;</div><div>We manifest our purpose through the things we can control, responding using our values as guideposts within all areas of our lives; be it in running, family, or other vocation. This is<a href="
1https://positivepsychology.com/viktor-frankl-logotherapy/">&nbsp;well-researched and has a proven track record</a>, (link to recent studies) as both clinical and pastoral therapy.</div><div><br /></div><div>What we cannot control (other people, places and things) we learn to let go of, lest they get the better of us and take up large amounts of our mental energy and life.&nbsp; This is not to say we simply throw up our hands on social issues we care about, or the change we seek in the world- the exact opposite- it is to say that we are destined to find freedom within purpose, to act in response to our values, and create that change first from within, then spreading into ever widening circles.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ultimate Goal of Recovery and Logotherapy</b></div><div>When we consider our purpose, those on the path of recovery (from grief, loss, addiction and existential crisis), we often understand the goal of our work asking, "How can I love fully and be of maximum service to others?", which forms part of our life purpose. However, each person does so in unique ways that only they are capable of, based upon their life experience and values. Some reflection and coaching/guidance from another may be useful in doing so. I have found I'm never disappointed by the results; as a logotherapist, in my coaching, running, teaching and family life.&nbsp;<i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b> I would love to share this with you...</b></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7l6U0uBHYiIamTLtCxoJJEKfp5Jyqv7hq8XJlkMunmN2boPxdSU1-vn33u19VhHSfVBiTWi_x_g1Bb0n0Bsrh9M4tdaTI6u5o_Q1qqwwcWBsNo5vtlLf5KHNxdwuZHiIxPJn3XZZJjasT_hMIdAkaQzEUlBqzUxblIZ-IVXfiLL3vV7tpaHZzDTzX2w/s135/insight.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="135" data-original-width="135" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7l6U0uBHYiIamTLtCxoJJEKfp5Jyqv7hq8XJlkMunmN2boPxdSU1-vn33u19VhHSfVBiTWi_x_g1Bb0n0Bsrh9M4tdaTI6u5o_Q1qqwwcWBsNo5vtlLf5KHNxdwuZHiIxPJn3XZZJjasT_hMIdAkaQzEUlBqzUxblIZ-IVXfiLL3vV7tpaHZzDTzX2w/s1600/insight.jpeg" width="135" /></a></div><div>If you'd like to learn more, please navigate to my <a href="https://insighttimer.com/laneholbert">Insight Timer Teacher Page</a>, where I have a <a href="https://insighttimer.com/laneholbert/guided-meditations/logotherapy-part-1-a-brief-introduction-and-toolkit">3-part course on logotherapy</a>, <a href="https://insighttimer.com/laneholbert/guided-meditations/morning-practice-take-ii-in-12-step-tradition">recovery meditations,</a> and several <a href="https://insighttimer.com/laneholbert/guided-meditations/walk-slash-run-with-gratitude-and-purpose">short Guided Meditations for Runners</a>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I also invite you to join our Recovery Camino fellowship online weekly (<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_lWRL9kUSHdgXz7S0XF0KZB3o44-0Yqqw0nHe3sZWdlhRug/viewform?usp=sf_link">WhatsApp and Zoom meetups</a>)</div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>To schedule a 1:1 consult and talk more with me about discerning and living with purpose, just click on the button below.</b>&nbsp;</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Happy Running &amp; Look forward to seeing you soon along "the way"!</b></div></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>- Mark Lane-Holbert, PhD(c), Educational Psychology</b></div> 2 <!--Start Square Appointments Embed code--> 3 4<a href="https://squareup.com/appointments/book/3vx0nhyfct2zvd/L77VBF5KWBBTB/start" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #e76c6d; border-radius: 8px; border: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: &quot;Square Market&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; height: 40px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 38px; padding: 0px 28px; text-transform: uppercase;" target="_top">Book Logotherapy Appointment Now</a> 5 6<
6!--End Square Appointments Embed code--><div><br /></div><div><b>Recent articles published about Recovery Camino-</b></div><div>1) I'm excited to announce that we were featured in<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://www.likethewindmagazine.com/">"Like the Wind" Magazine: Why we Run, in issue #34-</a></span>&nbsp;Winter 2022 edition.</div><div><br /></div><div>2) Also featured in the&nbsp;<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://americanpilgrims.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/La-Concha-2112.pdf">Winter 2022 APOC</a>,</span> and cover photo with fellow pilgrims:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLJlKqzx0XEQZC4rKo7Ie77XC59QxXGk1XeLtE8-R4kbjvOHjHJxax-Rgj__iPRVO2mIAHqIHV5E-jf3S8GiLouY_LBSdzWZcErduSMt80ElDmBAYBEoG81gCoDI7N62x1mMAhOd0cDM3c0Ek1CNVjdwTvY8UjNU3P3TNCxG7aXooHx7rpCANlgU96A/s1491/concha.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLJlKqzx0XEQZC4rKo7Ie77XC59QxXGk1XeLtE8-R4kbjvOHjHJxax-Rgj__iPRVO2mIAHqIHV5E-jf3S8GiLouY_LBSdzWZcErduSMt80ElDmBAYBEoG81gCoDI7N62x1mMAhOd0cDM3c0Ek1CNVjdwTvY8UjNU3P3TNCxG7aXooHx7rpCANlgU96A/w314-h400/concha.jpg" width="314" /></a></div>Link to <a href="https://americanpilgrims.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/La-Concha-2112.pdf">"La Concha" American Pilgrims of the Camino Winter Edition</a><br /><div><br /></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/8776944392940126545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/07/recovery-camino-running-and-logotherapy.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/8776944392940126545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/8776944392940126545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/07/recovery-camino-running-and-logotherapy.html' title='Logotherapy & Running, The Power of Purpose and Pilgrimage'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw3uK43tPVLs8Mgr8nRC2nQMT4L9Fh9R90kx9n2TV9HMNARzCD5ukd2TV5x6rsx0A9zMZBMvKEsqUQxwpcDFo2CeJw0hfxQmedRBVbetjHZQMwkHK6wC3aJrZFMyr4jQ9EjQcSdKkZ70a20AvD1L6TxIoE4tzYXPAnQU5AGChrkXAQqd6P6bI90xOkw/s72-c/IMG_5195.HEIC" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-78453937730962062</id><published>2022-06-14T09:40:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2022-06-14T13:32:23.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Episode 67: Mindful Movement & Tai Chi / Qigong, with Dr. Larry Cammarata</title><content type='html'>Episode 67 of the Running Anthropologist project is available just about anywhere one listens to podcasts, including Google, Apple, Spotify and Anchor!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaSWRHwO30kXmdqKSBlSju7r7cFBThiLeGNxjT2B6wg04gy4M2HPBnRSmiYKNqyyj9jal6Al8HX4U0BEpp0At3DTjaebKggppPPrrLp975BMspHhOQNNgn-9MIeBYOWfVbs1e46njkwpqafiLeJEu03vg0DinZpwnohNpefahvKlWaYSUCFgXq0Bzfw/s600/Larry1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="600" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaSWRHwO30kXmdqKSBlSju7r7cFBThiLeGNxjT2B6wg04gy4M2HPBnRSmiYKNqyyj9jal6Al8HX4U0BEpp0At3DTjaebKggppPPrrLp975BMspHhOQNNgn-9MIeBYOWfVbs1e46njkwpqafiLeJEu03vg0DinZpwnohNpefahvKlWaYSUCFgXq0Bzfw/w400-h349/Larry1.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaSWRHwO30kXmdqKSBlSju7r7cFBThiLeGNxjT2B6wg04gy4M2HPBnRSmiYKNqyyj9jal6Al8HX4U0BEpp0At3DTjaebKggppPPrrLp975BMspHhOQNNgn-9MIeBYOWfVbs1e46njkwpqafiLeJEu03vg0DinZpwnohNpefahvKlWaYSUCFgXq0Bzfw/s600/Larry1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmELjAlsmvX70A8ViFTpa3pnZlGrYSfhItRkfp6dS5-RnTtgRvOkmVjsTcUk90jep_YgqSTWQ3YawqyxdGJ5GTeBYp6VvvlO89NvXdP-Mxiv22qs0c_dSHc--hKTgjWJU-ABrWVEMAQkgPlB15u4J-REMp_25K-JQ8IsWVyTHOuxM4N9iTmoRWWGQxHQ/s720/group.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="720" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmELjAlsmvX70A8ViFTpa3pnZlGrYSfhItRkfp6dS5-RnTtgRvOkmVjsTcUk90jep_YgqSTWQ3YawqyxdGJ5GTeBYp6VvvlO89NvXdP-Mxiv22qs0c_dSHc--hKTgjWJU-ABrWVEMAQkgPlB15u4J-REMp_25K-JQ8IsWVyTHOuxM4N9iTmoRWWGQxHQ/w400-h283/group.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>How can I cultivate and balance energy in my running, and in life? What is mindful running? What is the difference between Tai Chi, Qigong, and other martial arts?&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>All these questions and much more are answered in this mindfully moving interview conducted between Tampa, Florida and Ponte de Lima, Portugal- shortly after a chance meeting while on pilgrimage along the "<a href="https://americanpilgrims.org/">Camino de Santiago</a>" (Camino Portugues route). <a href="https://americanpilgrims.org/">APOC</a> link to find out more about the most traveled pilgrimage routes in the western world, finishing in Santiago de Compostela (Spain), a true path of discovery for all seekers, walkers, bikers, runners or even on horeseback!</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to our topic: Dr. Larry Cammarata is a self-described "Chi Runner", which means he applies the eastern traditional concepts of chi energy work to his running, most notably techniques of relaxation and energy balance, developed by Danny and Katherine Dreyer. He knows this eastern tradition well, and is in fact an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong, and has received advanced training in China and in the US, as well as a practitioner over the past several decades. There are many tutorials out there, but I have found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYNZUioUdHQ">this one from C. Tolle Run</a>, produced about a decade ago now, to be a great introduction to Chi Running. So many of these concepts have been integrated into current distance running techniques and "big guys" coaching methods without the origins, it is hard to believe it was revolutionary not long ago. Nontheless, it is still true and many elements can be practiced and examined in more depth.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTOru6MMwOeSy8XwiQKa1uaguV4cSPgjK1sMsId1_1dVjSfK-9Ht2Wt-pCxSVE5-YP3yssSZm3jUXvXUuvnE59IFcJ56ZeFJaiAcXoHks8M54mmVf2xl4Tclv9QoZubwrfq7tf4sYptv_vYzU8QHmDddHODTLojh0_zoniRzsH90BZwpGeC2rKSXehQ/s281/Chi.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="180" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTOru6MMwOeSy8XwiQKa1uaguV4cSPgjK1sMsId1_1dVjSfK-9Ht2Wt-pCxSVE5-YP3yssSZm3jUXvXUuvnE59IFcJ56ZeFJaiAcXoHks8M54mmVf2xl4Tclv9QoZubwrfq7tf4sYptv_vYzU8QHmDddHODTLojh0_zoniRzsH90BZwpGeC2rKSXehQ/s1600/Chi.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div>"Mindfulness" has been used much more often in practical ways throughout society in recent years, and applied to many facets of life. Larry is on the peaceful edge of this work, and is encouraged by the movement to slow down and bring awareness to our daily practices, including running, something he fosters in his work and life. He and his wife Linda (RN, RYT) are a dynamic team who also happen to run mindfulness retreats exploring different cultures and places across the globe. In his work as a licensed psychologist who specializes in mindfulness-based therapy and education, he includes the science and practice of mindful movement.&nbsp;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O12JM1gQ8efHbO5s1E24LS6xSrYr9G0M16FevmGlSeH21JkhXawbEr2APk5c2UxjuT-OrDeBLUEBdl9NHCPbvyHMqnCBG-dMh7JBAc29_yAvcWg-xq9W4qEqZQTD0rn5LrBLhxEd1Ggzk1rl2z2HceGMSalBbzeLXKSjpreZ-x_X033_jwE9Mkd5PA/s872/img_6921_original_med_hr.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="872" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O12JM1gQ8efHbO5s1E24LS6xSrYr9G0M16FevmGlSeH21JkhXawbEr2APk5c2UxjuT-OrDeBLUEBdl9NHCPbvyHMqnCBG-dMh7JBAc29_yAvcWg-xq9W4qEqZQTD0rn5LrBLhxEd1Ggzk1rl2z2HceGMSalBbzeLXKSjpreZ-x_X033_jwE9Mkd5PA/w200-h170/img_6921_original_med_hr.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXnTYqAtvdDlP7igeROU_NWYl5QzPTCsoBh7q_4DF4ZyBRCfumuZQe7NH78FeO1BsknrEXXTReJam7-hmFI3Nuf-lI3-thlIV9MbbEkTzkPf3zJBR0ImTFm9E0PiNRaAVCOjzzgZ_wGk-FLLiNB0WufNhgqSbnVOQMPbCjjOlBvoQ9hKes5CHOJBSsQ/s577/Larry2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXnTYqAtvdDlP7igeROU_NWYl5QzPTCsoBh7q_4DF4ZyBRCfumuZQe7NH78FeO1BsknrEXXTReJam7-hmFI3Nuf-lI3-thlIV9MbbEkTzkPf3zJBR0ImTFm9E0PiNRaAVCOjzzgZ_wGk-FLLiNB0WufNhgqSbnVOQMPbCjjOlBvoQ9hKes5CHOJBSsQ/s320/Larry2.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>In our conversation, we discuss mindfulness practices and the joy of running in the classic methodology of Danny Dreyer, <i>Chi Running</i>, which is described as "a revolutionary approach to effortless, injury free running" (Dreyer, 2003). Perhaps <i>not completely effortless</i>, this method relaxes the body and allows the energy to flow in such a way that hard effort is not felt, breathing is done with ease, and there is less stress on the body. No doubt you have seen large crowds of people doing Qigong or Tai Chi movement together at sunrise in a part, in just about any big city in the US that has a significant Asian presence?&nbsp; Or perhaps traveled to Korea, China and Japan and heard music blaring early morning from public speakers at parks, as hundreds follow the same choreographed rhythm?&nbsp; It is truly a spiritual and uplifting experience, seeing so many dedicated to seeking body-mind-spirit connection and community. In some ways, this has always reminded me of a running club warm-up, with the same camaraderie and spirit of encouragement. And in fact, there are many parallels, which we discuss in this episode.</div><div>This is what I had to compare it to when I was teaching in Korea, and found my way to a neighborhood group and teacher of Qigong, now over a dozen years ago. I have also found this practice incredibly helpful to warmup and cool down, calming me when revved up, or lifting my energy levels when down. Also, we discuss with Dr. Cammarata how movement can connect us to our senses, and prepare us for a more mindful and interconnected run/walk.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSSy8zhSErgojIMI5KH8XEN5jwfM-FRhNdu3QulN8gBy9wUgvwicV_tRWRbQbl7daa3Q60Po07lh3Hlwc7t62IEZnpGNvAmuX0FZSa4G0iAkEB2Un26Bxqd058z96CXp_7ko2uzDZdUjvd_BuZEpCW2sxivms7enOZIH3C44kxgYx5T4HMq1_owmE0g/s1280/thumbnail_IMG-6208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1280" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSSy8zhSErgojIMI5KH8XEN5jwfM-FRhNdu3QulN8gBy9wUgvwicV_tRWRbQbl7daa3Q60Po07lh3Hlwc7t62IEZnpGNvAmuX0FZSa4G0iAkEB2Un26Bxqd058z96CXp_7ko2uzDZdUjvd_BuZEpCW2sxivms7enOZIH3C44kxgYx5T4HMq1_owmE0g/s320/thumbnail_IMG-6208.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>If you would like to know more about the above retreats or his ongoing travels and running adventures, Larry welcomes you to reach out through his own website:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.mindfulnesstravels.com">www.mindfulnesstravels.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>He is the Director of Education of Mindfulness Travels, and Director of Training for the East Bay Mindfulness Center.&nbsp; He was also designated as an "Author-Expert" by IDEA for his writing, teaching, and service in the field of mind-body health, fitness, and wellness. His mindful movement work has been presented at many venues, including the 11th Annual International Scientific Conference of the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.</div><div><br /></div><div>Danny Deyer's "Chi Running" (and walking and living) runs an international training program, in which you can find instructors and groups, or do training online, at&nbsp;<a href="https://chiliving.com/chirunning/">https://chiliving.com/chirunning/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.shutupandrun.net/2012/06/want-to-run-effortless-and-injury-free.html">"Shut up and Run" also have a great synopsis of Chi Running</a>, as well as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prischew.com/sports/running/chirunning-focuses-on-good-running-form-to-run-efficiently/">PrisChew</a> and <a href="https://wellthyfit.com/running-chi-running-basic-running-technique/">Wellthyfit, </a>with some diagrams, including below!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1YdO8Ni7sZaqUxHNk4zL5wMEdqymcB2w0T-dhgchf3KlwJtf6F7ira79_jQPQAtWxPBmHkKLPf-JW8oVlimWLtJBBFpsvLII
6ooj5zGbSi7QHpsUpjVs0l8mNtxaxziFeB7PaI1By70H5YVD2Yv7RHTBEOPGfen3hTyrUz-fN7kwJj8EbkfYT_QTzFg/s947/Chiform.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="947" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1YdO8Ni7sZaqUxHNk4zL5wMEdqymcB2w0T-dhgchf3KlwJtf6F7ira79_jQPQAtWxPBmHkKLPf-JW8oVlimWLtJBBFpsvLIIooj5zGbSi7QHpsUpjVs0l8mNtxaxziFeB7PaI1By70H5YVD2Yv7RHTBEOPGfen3hTyrUz-fN7kwJj8EbkfYT_QTzFg/w640-h296/Chiform.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><i><a href="https://www.prischew.com/sports/running/chirunning-focuses-on-good-running-form-to-run-efficiently/">Image Credit: Priscilla Chew</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Finally, you can find and reach us on Facebook or Instagram @RunningAnthropologist.</b></div><div><b>Until next time, Happy Running!</b></div></div></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/78453937730962062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/06/episode-67-travels-chi-applied-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/78453937730962062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/78453937730962062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/06/episode-67-travels-chi-applied-to.html' title='Episode 67: Mindful Movement & Tai Chi / Qigong, with Dr. Larry Cammarata'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaSWRHwO30kXmdqKSBlSju7r7cFBThiLeGNxjT2B6wg04gy4M2HPBnRSmiYKNqyyj9jal6Al8HX4U0BEpp0At3DTjaebKggppPPrrLp975BMspHhOQNNgn-9MIeBYOWfVbs1e46njkwpqafiLeJEu03vg0DinZpwnohNpefahvKlWaYSUCFgXq0Bzfw/s72-w400-h349-c/Larry1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-5216410944626001459</id><published>2022-05-01T04:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2022-05-01T04:16:28.852-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Episode 66: Gretchen Shoenstein, on Autoimmunity & 100 Half Marathons</title><content type='html'><p>This episode can be heard and shared on nearly all Podcast Apps, including Apple, Google, Spotify and Anchor! Please support by paying it forward/sharing, and giving us some stars on your favorite platform.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5J5CY3VKdN51f3IQYRJoMK14oA19mf7ZMosvJfUI24CM4oPlzFvidFBiMRLGqwA2M7hIknyyqN_PAl7YyThu65YXi7UMYYzrOmqpVWXwFJZAH9xP5McaFjnJ1cUs32h9Kcn8OzfVzMdZHIX1vOYKgxV_k_TKIkIGuojBUMHW4z1uBGVS8f8a_X9sm9g/s640/Gret1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5J5CY3VKdN51f3IQYRJoMK14oA19mf7ZMosvJfUI24CM4oPlzFvidFBiMRLGqwA2M7hIknyyqN_PAl7YyThu65YXi7UMYYzrOmqpVWXwFJZAH9xP5McaFjnJ1cUs32h9Kcn8OzfVzMdZHIX1vOYKgxV_k_TKIkIGuojBUMHW4z1uBGVS8f8a_X9sm9g/s320/Gret1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gretchen Rock n' Rollin' thru another 13.1!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>What would you do if you woke up and couldn't run around the block? What makes someone a dedicated distance runner? Is it the distance, number of steps training, effort, or the obstacles they overcome to finish? Or to even toe up to the start line? Maybe it's just the act of trying despite all difficulties, day in and day out? These are just a few of the questions we ponder in Episode 66.</p><p><b>Gretchen Shoenstein</b> has dealt with these existential questions regularly, and many more, during her battle with several autoimmune disorders in her running lifetime, including one which attacks her lungs. The diagnoses she has received would normally mean an end to distance running, and truth be told she heard this from doctors... However, having a purpose to run 100 half marathons and give back to autoimmune disease research was a worthy enough goal to keep her running, even during the pandemic. And spoiler alert: she made it, just under her 10 year goal! She did so on her own schedule and with the support of an intentional village she has built, and also with intention in every mile.&nbsp;</p><p>However, remarkably this is not the most impressive part of Gretchen's life or Gretchen as a person, rather it's her attitude and gratitude which shine through in every word, as she recounts stories and life lessons during this lifelong battle. It is as if running were the tap through which this<i> force de vivre</i> lives and shines, rather than "the answer". In our conversation, we examine how perhaps running <b>is best as a catalyst </b>for community, strength and purpose building, i.e. finding out <b>what running can teach us about life</b>, and vice versa. It has been part of the solution, for her and for me.&nbsp; Among the best interviews I have done at Running Anthropologist, she demonstrates what it means to truly be grateful for each step and each breath, with her mantra <b>"
6Every mile, every step, counts".</b> She has so many good ones. Below are just a sample of what she shares in the episode.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Tips/Life hacks:</u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">1) Have grace for yourself. Best way to do so? Pause and breathe.<br />2) Have a light, nimble touch on goals - know that you can pivot when need to.<br />3) Every. Step. Counts. (as does every mile) With each step is the possibility of joy and awe.<br />4) Listen to your body - *you* know best. Find that voice that tells you when to push and when to let off the gas.<br />5) Create your own finish lines - set smaller goals to achieve to keep the momentum going.</p><p>Last but not least, there is a worthy cause. She has both fundraised and raised awareness around autoimmune disease and autoimmune system disorders this entire journey, for <b>"Operation Shooting Star"</b> and "<b>Benaroya Research Institute</b>", who are on the cutting edge of treating, research and hopeful for the future of curing autoimmune diseases. Links to both of these organizations, and all the organizations and sponsors mentioned in the podcast can be found below under "services", provided directly by Gretchen (bottom of page).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHyaASf_lTxCEGNgf3Pl-6_ShfMnjC81G_REIysXMGigUm5XQeYJaSL5yq6pQzAG0HBZeAx9iT5Cnq_ul1E-veCIPY_0RyxT-yrpBV5L63p9_Jbx4cPjLE6ONFNM1Boblc9TDDdD_d543We9agTlQnsDmHs1-oifIZoa96Vddsat7rYbkY1dBrQQbeA/s2400/Gret2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHyaASf_lTxCEGNgf3Pl-6_ShfMnjC81G_REIysXMGigUm5XQeYJaSL5yq6pQzAG0HBZeAx9iT5Cnq_ul1E-veCIPY_0RyxT-yrpBV5L63p9_Jbx4cPjLE6ONFNM1Boblc9TDDdD_d543We9agTlQnsDmHs1-oifIZoa96Vddsat7rYbkY1dBrQQbeA/w400-h400/Gret2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Gretchen can also be found on her IG account <b>@rungrateful</b></p><p>To read more about fundraising/awareness building efforts specifically and about her struggle and story of finishing an unexpected 100 half marathons journey, I encourage you to go to check out article:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.benaroyaresearch.org/blog/post/one-pandemic-three-autoimmune-diseases-and-100-half-marathons">https://www.benaroyaresearch.org/blog/post/one-pandemic-three-autoimmune-diseases-and-100-half-marathons</a></p><p><i>As always, Message us @runninganthropologist on Facebook or Instagram with ideas, inspiration and input!</i></p><p><i>--Mark R Lane-Holbert, PhD(c) Educational Psychology, University of South Florida</i></p><p><i>Running Anthropologist, Copyright 2020-2022</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ytys4n8d6sCEnlRsvhJeRPVT5WsiPj9n_5qIXWUnSajJ4AK8pyYABpnRYsUwYc2jFli3qeYR7mWdWN4ifCF500pztSf4p9noQG-cZjC7LCDJIBAa1i3qccmu1mswCDVyFnpw_ylXmY1ziXHhUghcJdAIK1PTjV_FL6x9zFXg8GQVlILGIaUbsrw2rA/s4032/Gret3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ytys4n8d6sCEnlRsvhJeRPVT5WsiPj9n_5qIXWUnSajJ4AK8pyYABpnRYsUwYc2jFli3qeYR7mWdWN4ifCF500pztSf4p9noQG-cZjC7LCDJIBAa1i3qccmu1mswCDVyFnpw_ylXmY1ziXHhUghcJdAIK1PTjV_FL6x9zFXg8GQVlILGIaUbsrw2rA/w400-h300/Gret3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><u><br /></u><p></p><p><u>Services Mentioned:</u></p><p>
6Seattle Acupuncture and Coaching, Ben Dorfman</p><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seattleacupunctureandcoaching.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw070tkTs52X05fsnkBu3EZz" href="https://seattleacupunctureandcoaching.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://<wbr></wbr>seattleacupunctureandcoaching.<wbr></wbr>com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ascension Performance in San Diego</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ascension-performance.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-kiFAMUYBE3rO-ecABLcS" href="https://www.ascension-performance.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.ascension-<wbr></wbr>performance.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Training with Tucker Run Coach (anywhere)</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.trainingwithtucker.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3CABhU_QhavmTH5XS-_N3B" href="https://www.trainingwithtucker.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>trainingwithtucker.com</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Hot Yoga Experience in WA state</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hotyogaexperience.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3oWuS0xpIEPKmSezTZnwq2" href="https://hotyogaexperience.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://hotyogaexperience.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Products</u></div><div>Science in Sport&nbsp;</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.scienceinsport.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw001SguD0vbhNNrkqJB7Gmn" href="https://www.scienceinsport.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.scienceinsport.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Rudy Project</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rudyprojectna.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw19dcCYbshj9E-aA_CJnX2L" href="https://www.rudyprojectna.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.rudyprojectna.com</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Newton Running Shoes</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newtonrunning.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0OQZucL3mVKz0PGqg7BB32" href="https://www.newtonrunning.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.newtonrunning.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Honey Stinger</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://honeystinger.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2FF4BGQmyxjv4E7bzLHUjV" href="https://honeystinger.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://honeystinger.com</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><u>AI Research/Awareness</u></div><div>Benaroya Research Institute</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.benaroyaresearch.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0FVKns8FXxk4nt1skrvX3R" href="https://www.benaroyaresearch.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.benaroyaresearch.<wbr></wbr>org</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Operation Shooting Star</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="
6https://www.google.com/url?q=https://operationshootingstar.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3u1ISByERkQ1OdKGbuhZoq" href="https://operationshootingstar.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://operationshootingstar.<wbr></wbr>org</a></div><div><br /></div><div><u>General&nbsp;inspiration/foundation</u></div><div>Brad Stuhlberg and Growth Equation</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thegrowtheq.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651085320053000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pwAZMPOHIu78Qa8_xSdA1" href="https://thegrowtheq.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://thegrowtheq.com</a></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/5216410944626001459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/05/episode-66-gretchen-shoenstein-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/5216410944626001459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/5216410944626001459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/05/episode-66-gretchen-shoenstein-on.html' title='Episode 66: Gretchen Shoenstein, on Autoimmunity & 100 Half Marathons'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5J5CY3VKdN51f3IQYRJoMK14oA19mf7ZMosvJfUI24CM4oPlzFvidFBiMRLGqwA2M7hIknyyqN_PAl7YyThu65YXi7UMYYzrOmqpVWXwFJZAH9xP5McaFjnJ1cUs32h9Kcn8OzfVzMdZHIX1vOYKgxV_k_TKIkIGuojBUMHW4z1uBGVS8f8a_X9sm9g/s72-c/Gret1.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096243360761492894.post-6392913454514399544</id><published>2022-03-31T12:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2022-04-01T17:59:28.015-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Episode 65: Achilles International, with Ellie Cox-Nihill</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;Episode 65: Achilles International, with Ellie Cox-Nihill can be heard on most podcast Apps, including Apple, Google, Spotify and Anchor!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKhqqHQtpjsV1MXYLh0eYL6Lpqpvv1blx8IDKwQvhk_hb6tJPDLjfR_WESPXWRXjuhTHj7QGagEUbIkbFB3kV-UAKfXkwx4rEEc0F4Zw943NIiSLt4GAJDN9Iy7uZrwXgTE1tZnB52CgUEn-6cIqkt0M-kf3xnOoS1gdpwI9ByZCDeq19tXLhJtWTxw/s242/ellie.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="242" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKhqqHQtpjsV1MXYLh0eYL6Lpqpvv1blx8IDKwQvhk_hb6tJPDLjfR_WESPXWRXjuhTHj7QGagEUbIkbFB3kV-UAKfXkwx4rEEc0F4Zw943NIiSLt4GAJDN9Iy7uZrwXgTE1tZnB52CgUEn-6cIqkt0M-kf3xnOoS1gdpwI9ByZCDeq19tXLhJtWTxw/s1600/ellie.jpeg" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Posing with a friend, organizing nearby races!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In this episode we discuss all things Achilles, including their work with athletes of all abilities, empowering and supporting relationships between individuals. Both learn and grow as a result of these partnerships, athletes and volunteer guides (also athletes themselves). The magic is in local clubs, and the practice and fun together throughout the year building up to a major event, like NYC Marathon or Disney races!</p><p>Ellie has a great deal to share, and has been with the organization since 2008, and is in charge of US Chapters development and the online virtual clubs who meet for those who do not have local chapters. I am the direct benef
6iciary of this new virtual space, and connect with athletes from across the country learning to run through a training program, and inspiring one another. I might add that volunteers learn as much if not more from the experience, and as anyone who has been a guide will tell you: it transforms their run/walking and their relationship with the sport.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wllwDAiTtTlZK70xQ4mQAMvjp6F2Nq8qfqKQpKPhiEHDZxBsWLdpbdYWsmS9m_rGLshL5SLf2AnUDCOuRFFIk3Ngcy0WolO0FesA7aOI1J0wHznVftACPuF8ZNwl5lFYMTs2iD-A3g4HIzjcIkNU13eJGHoPI2vKRsKKTSXpebgRnjVkQo_fGhstXA/s1000/Achilles+Queens+Gala.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1000" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wllwDAiTtTlZK70xQ4mQAMvjp6F2Nq8qfqKQpKPhiEHDZxBsWLdpbdYWsmS9m_rGLshL5SLf2AnUDCOuRFFIk3Ngcy0WolO0FesA7aOI1J0wHznVftACPuF8ZNwl5lFYMTs2iD-A3g4HIzjcIkNU13eJGHoPI2vKRsKKTSXpebgRnjVkQo_fGhstXA/w400-h210/Achilles+Queens+Gala.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie organizing virtual events!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Ellie also shares a bit about the history and how she became inspired by her local New York City chapter, and what she has learned along the way supporting athletes for over a decade in events they dream of completing. What many thought was unimaginable are empowered to line up toe to toe with the elite athletes of the world, and learn from each other, overcoming challenges and sharing joy and hope!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Among the many resources, one can visit and find out how to get involved or contribute at www.achillesinternational.org</p><p><b>Reach out to us with questions or your own stories of running cutlture and inspiration, here at our blogsite, Facebook or Instagram @runninganthropologist&nbsp;</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kjZ0XaDtjvw-9iKZywQ0quoWhKP9rbm68SHHj6naMjcW59nPxBjmx6RVRG6kkl3xUp17dBga6CLiXFmbQHa584BxFmaXA3v1OU9Jpk72YepGaKt7XTDhxD0TvuqLSFBd5sm6CgaH7wFM27j6f8rRvrpSMZCAUBqWk7E6yon0Rv2-Xi9fbvhqZAg9RA/s396/Achilles_2color.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="396" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kjZ0XaDtjvw-9iKZywQ0quoWhKP9rbm68SHHj6naMjcW59nPxBjmx6RVRG6kkl3xUp17dBga6CLiXFmbQHa584BxFmaXA3v1OU9Jpk72YepGaKt7XTDhxD0TvuqLSFBd5sm6CgaH7wFM27j6f8rRvrpSMZCAUBqWk7E6yon0Rv2-Xi9fbvhqZAg9RA/s320/Achilles_2color.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Below are the essentials, at a glance about their mission and programs:</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Achilles International, a global organization operating in 18 countries including the US, transforms the lives of people with disabilities through athletic programs and social connection. Since our founding in 1983, we have empowered over 150,000 athletes of all ages and ability levels to participate in endurance events around the globe.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Achilles Internationalâs portfolio of programs includes the <a href="https://www.achillesinternational.org/freedom-team" style="background: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Achilles Freedom Team</a> which serves wounded military personnel and veterans; <a href="https://www.achillesinternational.org/achilles-kids" style="background: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Achilles Kids</a> which provides training, race opportunities, and an in-school program for children with disabilities; the <a href="https://www.achillesinternational.org/paratriathlon-team" style="background: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">TriAchilles Team</a> which expands our running program into biking and swimming; <a href="https://www.achillesinternational.org/chapter-workouts" style="background: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Achilles Chapter workouts</a>; and, our signature <a href="https://www.achillesinternational.org/hope-possibility" style="background: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">Hope &amp; Possibility® race </a>which takes place in several cities worldwide.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">While our programs focus on running, our main objective has always been to bring hope, inspiration, and the joys of achievement to all. </p><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">CHAPTERS AT A GLANCE</span></h2><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">United States:</span> 28 Chapters in 19 States (+D.C.)</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">International: </span>42 Chapters in 17 Countries</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>And a bit more about Ellie from her sporty bio, as she heads into retirement and new adventures... from Achilles -</i></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>"She joined Achilles in 1996 and ran the 2000 NYC Marathon. Ellie directed Achilles NYC from Sept. 2009 through 2010 and assumed responsibility for U.S. Chapter Development in 2011. She coordinates all aspects of the AWD Family Reunion area post-NYC Marathon. With a BS in Media and Culture from SUNY/Empire State College and a Project Management Certificate from Baruch College, Ellie is also certified by the American Sailing Association in basic sailing, cruising, and navigation and coaches whenever possible."<span color="rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.701960784313725)"> </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb1BxlKoeA_zLKcZo-ES8VIy797y8ix2JuiHWUUExmP1Tx6UJ2tHk0DhTOO5jcGmqQ6UNvySha3nhfXmOdfrJweNnpxX5ZRhi_T-C6tQ6ebLyykw8MwVsFD2DEY2GyX5_GHmOgxmJbFpx5F9u3vOVOtVdY9mPgMKdPWegGLXjgN3c3voB9p74x-9prg/s2048/PXL_20220212_170100328_exported_33_1648839758851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb1BxlKoeA_zLKcZo-ES8VIy797y8ix2JuiHWUUExmP1Tx6UJ2tHk0DhTOO5jcGmqQ6UNvySha3nhfXmOdfrJweNnpxX5ZRhi_T-C6tQ6ebLyykw8MwVsFD2DEY2GyX5_GHmOgxmJbFpx5F9u3vOVOtVdY9mPgMKdPWegGLXjgN3c3voB9p74x-9prg/w640-h480/PXL_20220212_170100328_exported_33_1648839758851.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span color="rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.701960784313725)"><br /></span></i><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/feeds/6392913454514399544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/03/episode-65-achilles-international-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/6392913454514399544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/9096243360761492894/posts/default/6392913454514399544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.runninganthropologist.com/2022/03/episode-65-achilles-international-with.html' title='Episode 65: Achilles International, with Ellie Cox-Nihill'/><author><name>The Running Anthropologist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06101023268191905219</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwxjOzCDO8wyufEIJmGwcDKxWuIQU8MrkYc__kAjQnUO_QvU6JZD8_guWOrwCLnSHT1G6iPChfiB1CYyIc_cG_JmEA5fhwAk_tf1-3WgP7TIOYeyEcI5ogmlhaZ5RRgM/s113/IMG_2016.JPG'/></author>
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