The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a post – since October 2019 to be exact! I had just run the Chicago Marathon. A lot has happened since then, both personally and in the world in general. As you can see in the picture…

The Enemy Within

March is National Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month. My music-themed post title today has me back to Rush (you’ll see them a lot with me) with their song “The Enemy Within” from their 1984 album, Grace Under Pressure. The song title pretty well sums up autoimmune…

Slow Ride

March is National Autoimmune Awareness Month. The song that doubles as my blog title for this post and the band who wrote it, Foghat, really describe this topic: Thyroid disease, specifically, hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s disease – slow and foggy for sure. What is that exactly?…

Under Pressure

I love both Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, so I’m starting the new year off with a nod to both in this post’s title. I haven’t written in a while and there have been several reasons why. First off, I had been training since last…