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Mike HahnRunning as a practice for personal growth and transformation. | Essays, insights, and practical advice to help you run with more ease and joy.
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Toward Dark Places
I’ve been hurting. Not in training, which is going well as I look ahead to the Eugene Marathon. The legs are good. It’s my heart that aches.
What’s happening in my country feels personal, like there’s something I could or should do, but am...
4 Books That Helped Me Write in 2025
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I have always been a writer. Not a technical one—I couldn’t pick a participle in a police lineup and am still lear...
A Winter Running Field Guide
Growing up in Montana, I recall school being closed just twice on account of weather. Both times, it was at least thirty degrees below zero, a temperature at which frostbite happens in minutes. Thirty below is life-threatening. Up to that p...
The Unexpected Gifts of Sober Running
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What If You’re Not a “Dig Deep” Runner?
Some runners suffer willingly for success. They even glorify it, telling us to pull out the stops, give 110%, and leave it all out there. But what if these “outrun the pain” refrains aren’t in your vocabulary? Can you grow without going to...
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Founder: WIRE: The Work in Running Email™ | Writer: Running Lightly | Lifelong Runner: Still PR'ing at 52 | \ud83d\udc4a 5 years sober | \ud83d\udccd Montana, USA
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