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Running as Solace

By: Amira K. February 1, 2021January 31, 2021

Musings, Writingexercise, hiking, loneliness, meditation, pandemic, reflection, running, solace, solitude, trail running, trailsLeave a Comment

In the face of great collective loneliness during the pandemic, spending time running on trails has offered a different kind of solitude. 2020 was a year of reckoning: with society, with our government, with ourselves. As we turned inwards to combat the pandemic, stopped seeing our friends and families, and dramatically altered our social habits,…

Half-Marathon; Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love My Body

By: Amira K. April 28, 2014April 27, 2014

Musingsanorexia, Body image, confidence, fashion, half-marathon, health, media, modeling, race, running, strength, tabloids, weight526 Comments

I’ve never told anyone these things. My parents, my sister, my friends – no one. So heads up. You’re the first to know. For the last few years, I have grown, slowly but steadily, to despise the way my body looks. When I was a kid, I was always told how skinny I was. I…

Writing and Running: On Triumph And Sacrifice

By: Amira K. April 16, 2014April 16, 2014

Musings, Publishing, The Seeds Trilogybooks, novella, publishing, reading, running, Soren, Soren Skaarsgard, The Prelude, The Seeds Trilogy, The Sowing, writing10 Comments

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You start out feeling great. You’re flying. You’re not tired yet (not even a little bit!) and you fucking love what you’re doing. That’s the first few miles, the first few chapters, dominated by euphoria, the thrill of your story, the thrill of activity. Then you get…

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