A List

A List: 10 reasons I am running the 2024 Chicago Marathon

by grace
05/19/2024 – Chicago Spring Half Marathon
  1. Cardiovascular endurance is hot.
  2. I wanted an excuse to buy more shoes.
  3. The possibility of a “runner’s high” greatly appealed to me.
  4. Being 26 and sober is convoluted and disconcerting. Running is uncomplicated.
  5. Sometimes when my mind is racing, it does not stop unless my body takes its place.
  6. I used to think the only way to be big was to hide away inside the walls of gyms but now I believe there is more than one way to take up space in the world.
  7. When I moved to Chicago last year, the city embraced me like an old friend. I am trying to hold it back.
  8. I know it will be hard.
  9. I think it will change me if I let it.
  10. When I cross the finish line, I will look for my friends and they will be there.