The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Race Matters
You're an enlightened, New World kind of dad--you don't expect your son to be some macho athlete. If only he would run the dash...
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My Body, My Machine
I run so I can inhabit my own body. I run so that in moments like these, when my lack of power in this world becomes more violently apparent, I can feel the strength of my own body, enough to ignore provocations, enough to know alone that I could destroy both of those men if I wanted.
What If Wheelchair Racing Were Just Another Sport?
My friends call me an exercise tourist because I love running, biking, swimming, triathlons, skiing, pretty much physical activity of any kind, but last year I crossed a line.