Hitting the Ground (While) Running

What are you not doing because you’re afraid to fall?

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I arrived a few minutes late for practice; my running team was already standing in a circle while our coach made announcements and described the impending workout. I had joined the circle (unobtrusively, I thought) and just as she was getting to the end of her remarks the coach’s eyes settled on me and she stopped mid-sentence. “Um…Catherine, did you…

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