Not only did running cross country and track throughout high school give me stress fractures in my shins, It also gave me pelvic floor dysfunction, chronic pelvic pain, and a slew of other conditions I just now receiving treatment for. It made my asthma worse and I’ve developed a circulatory disease called raynaud’s syndrome. Not only did I have to take medical leave from college but I also lost the ability to work a normal job. You could say that running ruined my health.

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The word “running” used to conjure up painful and awkward memories of gym class. My middle-school gym teacher, Mrs. Morey, would stand her roly-poly body at the top of the hill behind our school, barking through a megaphone between bites of beef jerky at us red-faced kids as we ran circles…