Running up that hill, ten years on

It's been on my mind lately that this year it's been ten years since I started running seriously. Playing violin is the only other non-fannish activity I've stuck with that long. I don't have a ton of conclusions about this--I do think it's helped with my mood and my energy levels over the years, yadda blah--but I am proud of myself for sticking with it. Running is a very cerebral activity in a weird way, because you're basically competing against yourself and your own lazy impulses, and I kept it up through a cross-country move, grad school, moving to Japan and then to Belgium, and then moving back and finishing my dissertation. Nice job, self. But also, credit where it's due: physical therapy and physio tape were essential at several points in the process. I ♥ physio tape. 

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