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Yesterday I ran for miles in the morning, on trail and towpath and through woods. I felt properly connected to the earth, part of it…

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dan burgess
Sep 28, 2018
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Yesterday I ran for miles in the morning, on trail and towpath and through woods. I felt properly connected to the earth, part of it, dancing with it, alive.

I notice how often stages of a run, beyond 5 miles at least, can make me spontaneously emotional, literally bursting with a sort of fizzing grief. Where all my senses are awake and the movement and …

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