Post-Run Recovery

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I’m sitting in an oversized armchair in Mike’s cabin in Idyllwild, CA. We came up for a weekend to get away from the crowds and the traffic and the monotony. Today is Saturday and today feels so utterly different than Friday. Instead of obsessing over work, I’m free to let my mind wander, read (right now I’m reading Maid, and I highly recommend), and run for hours in the mountains…