Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley

Author:Alexandra Heminsley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2014-04-17T23:27:45+00:00

I lay facedown on a massage table the next day, staring at the masseuse’s feet: a moment of stillness after the shouting, heaving, and weeping of the previous day. I watched the feet shuffle gently out of view and realized that something had shifted in me. While you, and only you, can move your legs from start to finish, no one runs a marathon alone. Though I had supported Julia, I had received great support myself. My friends and family knew how hard I’d found it, and they had been wonderful. But what I had really learned was that running could no longer be about me and my personal goals. To go that far, to feel that pain, to endure that depth of despair, it had to be about more than my own self-worth; it had to have a purpose beyond me. I couldn’t continue running around in circles.

As soon as I could, I opened my laptop and bought places for several races over the course of the next year: the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon; the White Night Half Marathon; the Brighton Half Marathon; and the Brighton Marathon.

I had to reach further. I had to reach beyond myself.

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