“This body isn’t meant to stagnate or cease moving. When we stop moving in mind, body, and spirit, we stop learning. When we stop learning, we stop living. Therefore, when we stop moving, we stop living. We stop evolving toward… — Mirna Valerio Copy Share Image
“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
