“I realized that I was fortunate. To be able to run freely and unencumbered on difficult trails in Appalachia was a gift. “I am living the dream. I am living the dream!” I screamed to any tree that would listen.… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share
“Running is a cleansing, life-changing, and deeply fulfilling odyssey that continues to bring me to new heights and new lows. During this journey, I… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“We embrace the suck so that we can fully embrace what doesn’t suck, to fully receive it.” — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“In the midst of doing what I loved to do and being what I thought I wanted to be—busy, outwardly calm and collected, doing… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“My message for anyone who is in middle school or who knows someone in middle school (please share this with them) is simple: Your… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“I realized that I was fortunate. To be able to run freely and unencumbered on difficult trails in Appalachia was a gift. “I am living the dream. I am living the dream!” I screamed to any tree that would listen. Here I was, huffing, puffing, and whining inwardly about something I had chosen to do of my own volition, about… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share
“Instead of being ashamed of doing what you do or being what you are, I ask two important questions: Why not celebrate it? Why… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“I learned to accept not finishing a particular event as a mode of self-care and injury prevention.” — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“No matter your age, if you’re in your forties like me, or ten, fourteen, thirty, or even sixty, your body is a beautiful work… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever achieved anything epic without doing the requisite work, even if the work itself is humdrum, boring, run-of-the-mill kind of work.” — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“But I have to run. I know that if I don’t run in the morning, I’ll have only limited opportunity in the afternoon or… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“Unplanned DNFs, as I gather many are, are especially hard to swallow. They remind runners that we are only human, that things don’t always… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“My real friends were books and adults. Books didn’t care that I could hold an interesting conversation with adults. They also didn’t care that… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
