3 results for tag: chronic illness
There can be a huge personal victory in finishing a race dead last. Of being the finisher with the longest finishing time ever. (Yes, I scoured the website and all past results. Yes, my finishing time of 52 hours and 7 minutes is the longest.) This is true especially when the finish comes despite, not thanks to, the ...
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Three years ago, I was in the middle of my Saturday long run. The sun was shining and I'd just met a guy in flip flops riding his bike through the middle of nowhere to go swimming in a little pond in the woods. He had given me an apple and a few encouraging words before he rode off. All in all, it was a perfect day, a ...
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While research confirms that an active lifestyle lowers one's chances of premature death and
chronic illness (Warburton et al., 2006), many athletes find themselves on the short end of the stick, developing a disease despite their best efforts to stay happy and healthy. Even though participants in all kinds of sports have ...
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