Running a 50k on my own forced me to confront and manage my own negative and self-defeating thoughts without that in-the-moment support from my partner that I had grown so used to, which was valuable, important, and above all, exhausting.
Back in the early spring, while it was hot but not too hot, I got it in my head that I should head to Casa de Campo to write. It was a confluence of events really. I had been doing most of my writing during my lunch break, which I normally take in a small, …
Not all weekends can be filled with snowy slopes, icy crevasses, and striking landscapes. Some are filled with relaxation, culture, near leisure, and rabbits. “Rabbits?” you say. “What about rabbits.” Supposedly, the name “Hispania” is a Roman alteration of the Carthaginian name “Ispania,” which means “land of rabbits.” (Source: Wikipedia) And it is indeed. There …