They say experience is the best teacher. I’d like to officially dispute that claim. After my first attempt to return to strength training ended in four days of upper-body agony, you would think I’d have approached my second workout with wisdom, caution, and a well-informed plan. And to be fair—I did approach it with caution. I chose […]
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There comes a time in every person’s life when they decide to turn a corner. To rebuild. To rise from the ashes. For me, that moment arrived one early Saturday afternoon when I pressed play on an Apple Fitness+ upper body strength workout and essentially broke myself in 20 minutes flat. Now, I should back
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The thing they don’t tell you about hospice is that it’s not the big moments that undo you—it’s the small ones. It’s the oxygen machine humming in the dark like a mechanical lullaby you didn’t ask for. It’s the four-hour med schedule that turns you into a human metronome, ticking along to the beat of
You may be wondering how the cross-country bike training is going. Same. If you’re imagining me crushing hill repeats at sunrise, fueled by oat milk and purpose, please adjust your expectations. I don’t even have the bike yet. The only thing I’ve been riding is a wave of indecision about tire widths and frame materials.
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We were supposed to be in Mexico City right now. Eating tamales. Climbing pyramids. Pretending not to be winded while climbing pyramids after eating tamales. Instead, I’m standing in my bedroom, staring at a suitcase that’s both overstuffed and missing at least three important things—probably pants. The phone rang yesterday. One of those louder than
It started, like most bad ideas, with a cup of coffee, an overactive browser history, and a vague sense of existential unease. Technically, I was looking for a gluten-free pancake recipe. What I found instead was a map of bike routes for cycling across America and a disturbing number of YouTube videos featuring perky, Lycra-clad
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