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Taking a Tumble

July 20, 2017by laurasibson 3 Comments

  A little over a week ago, the morning after a long day in the car following two weeks at the lake, I chose to go for a run. The […]

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Contemplating, Doing, Running

More Alike Than Different

November 21, 2016by laurasibson 12 Comments

Maybe you’ve seen the iPhone commercial featuring Maya Angelou reciting her beautiful poem, “Human Family.” Some people seem to think that the use of the poem to sell iPhones somehow […]

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Contemplating, Doing, Running, Watching, Writing

Small Efforts in Response to Big Things

August 12, 2016by laurasibson 2 Comments

One day last week, the day after I finished listening to an audio version of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book “Between the World and Me,” I went for a run. Truth be […]

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Contemplating, Doing, Reading, Running

A bear, finally.

July 9, 2016by laurasibson 1 Comment

We’ve had our cabin in the Adirondacks for five years this month. The town where we are is Long Lake, which is smack in the middle of the park and […]

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Doing, General, Running, Traveling

Accidental Trail Run

August 5, 2014by laurasibson 2 Comments

The other day I was scheduled for a long run, the longest of this training season so far, and I wasn’t looking forward to it. I’m up at the lake […]

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Contemplating, Running, Traveling

Falling Forward

April 30, 2014by laurasibson 10 Comments

Yesterday was my last day of work. Again. Each time I’ve been invited to work at Swarthmore College, the offer has felt like a lifeline. The first time, over ten […]

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Doing, Running, Writing

Call to Arms

January 1, 2014by laurasibson 15 Comments

I try to resist making New Year’s resolutions, but while running on New Year’s Day, I was not immune to thoughts of who I am versus who I want to […]

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Contemplating

Tune in or Turn Off?

August 31, 2013by laurasibson 4 Comments

This week’s long run brought to you by the Adirondack Mountains: Where All Roads Lead to Hills. I’m not going to say much about yesterday’s long run except that a). […]

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Doing, Writing

Failure Is An Option. But Quitting Is Not.

August 28, 2013by laurasibson 6 Comments

In her article in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic, Hannah Bloch, writes of the value of failure in furthering exploration. Bloch highlighted George Mallory who attempted Everest in […]

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Pain is Temporary. And Necessary.

August 18, 2013by laurasibson 3 Comments

Usually, I like my runs to be loops, growing ever larger as I increase the distance, but for this week’s 12-miler, I chose an out and back route on a […]

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