Hello friends,
It’s been… a while. I had intended to send a newsletter sooner, but life got hectic. And it’s now been (yikes!) 6 entire months?! But I’m back with some major news: Most pertinent to you is, Easy Pace is back!
Going forward, you can expect regular sends from me again. I’m hoping monthly, and I’ve already got a few exciting issues plotted out for you, featuring everyday runners, meditations on the joys of running, and expert advice you can use.
I also wanted to share that Easy Pace will probably take on a slightly new slant thanks to some major changes in my life. Shortly after I sent out the last issue back, I found out I am pregnant. Today, I’m 29 weeks into the whirlwind that is growing a human being with your body and I… just couldn’t be happier? This morning I sat on my couch playing some Mariah Carey for the baby (who can hear now, I’m told), crying into a pillow because I’m so happy it’s almost unbearable!
Funny enough, I once again am going to attribute this happiness, in part, to the magic of running. Last September, I was sort of at my breaking point of “trying.” In July of last year, my heart was broken into a million pieces by an early miscarriage. Miscarriage is so extremely common. Something like 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. But even when you know, scientifically speaking, that miscarriage is not a judgment of you or your body or your potential to bring a child into the world, it still really feels that way. Once it happened to me, I stopped simply wanting to be pregnant and started needing to be pregnant, which is a terrible way to live. 10/10 do not recommend.
By September, I was so tired of feeling sad and frustrated and out of control, I decided to distract myself with running, as I’ve done so many times before. I wanted to get back to being obsessed with running. Runners know this mode well: It’s when you’re running so consistently (whether because you’re training for something big or you’re just in the mood) that it starts to rule your headspace a bit. The highlight of your day is your workout. You’re always checking your stats, and starting every story with “On my run today, I had such a funny thought….”
After being obsessed with my empty womb for months, I thought returning to this other obsession would be just what I needed. I bought two pairs of new shoes. I hired a coach! I thought okay, I might not be pregnant, but maybe I can find a way to enjoy being in my body again in the meantime and let the pregnancy happen when it is supposed to happen.
And then just a few weeks later, right as I was reaching that phase of ramp-up when running felt amazing…. Boom! Big Fat Positive!
Since then, so much of my life and perspective has changed. Among the biggest is that after nearly 12 years in the City That Never Sleeps, I bought a house in a tiny rural hamlet in upstate New York. I never, ever thought I’d leave NYC, but here we are. My running routine at the moment is more like waddling, swiftly, but I am still lacing up, okay! It counts!
As we get closer to the Big Day, I know even more change is coming for me. But I want to use this space as a place to stay connected to something that has always, always been there for me through life’s craziness and curveballs.
Thank you for subscribing and I hope you will stay tuned!
Things to think about while running this week…
I Overstressed My Body Until It Shut Me Down. Overtraining=bad. Easy Pace=good.
How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon. If Christian Smalls can beat Jeff Bezos into submission, you can do your speed workout.
“There was no solution, but the universal solution that life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluble. That answer is: one must live in the needs to the day—that is forget oneself.” —Tolstoy, Anna Karenina