marathon training
Eating enough for a marathon

Eating enough for a marathon

This morning, I woke up at 2 a.m. with my stomach growling. Not the kind of growl you can roll over and ignore. The kind of growl that demands immediate attention. My tired feet padded out of the bedroom, into the kitchen and located the only clean knife left, a few...

The runner’s world of toenails

The runner’s world of toenails

When I started long distance running - like longer than the 3.1 mile courses of high school cross country -  I began to hear rumors about toenail loss. Gross, I thought. I can't imagine that happening to me.  I'd made it through 15 years of dance...

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