The Runner I Keep Chasing

This past week has featured two runners on each run. The one running down the road.
And the version of me from 3 weeks ago. The version that was not recovering from an illness. The version that was not worried about his training leading up to the Peachtree Road Race. The runner who did not think twice about heading out the door to tackle whatever the training plan had set.
Runner, Interrupted

What started as feeling under the weather last Sunday eventually turned into a pneumonia diagnosis by the end of the week. One doctor visit became two, fevers came and went, and instead of tracking miles I found myself tracking temperatures.
On Cloudpulse Review: Silver Lining on Strength Day

I am not getting any younger, and no matter how many miles I run, that fact is not changing. I may feel better and fitter than I did in my twenties, but time keeps moving. My younger self thought mileage solved everything, but my almost-forty self knows better. I have accepted that if I want […]