Running Uphill, Literally and Figuratively

After my bilateral mastectomies in December of 2008, the physical healing moved along comfortably. Appreciating the progress made in arm …

Hills and Valleys

Hills and valleys. Valleys and hills. Not an analogy or cliché about life, but rather a reference to running terrain. …

A Finish Line Like No Other

By the time I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May of 2008, Darcy and I had run five marathons. …

A Marathon Dream Realized

In the summer of 1984, I watched as Joan Benoit Samuelson won the first-ever Olympic women’s marathon in Los Angeles. …

Aerodynamics and Other Advantages of Mastectomy

Advantages of mastectomy?  Now there’s a conversation stopper. Cancer removal is the obvious benefit, but there are others. It took …

Large Framed Gal

Svelte I am not. Petite doesn’t fit and neither would that size. Slender and willowy? No. Sturdy and solid? Yes. …

As I Walk Along

I have done plenty of walking in my life, and done it willingly. Movement has always been important to me, …