HeyJaredRun to Write: Where Movement & Writing Meet
Personal essays through the lens of running and writing— how they both teach us about endurance, discovery, and showing up.
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Not Skinny but Strong (opens the original)
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Another piece I’m working on about growing up on a dairy farm in the 80s and 90s.I remember the brown plastic pitcher. I carried it over to the barn to fill it with fresh milk. The milk was stored in this enormous stainless steel tank to keep it cool. We called it the bulk tank. At the bottom of the tank was a lever you could turn and pull to get the milk into the pitcher. I squatted down on the concrete floor and placed the pitcher under the spout. My stomach knotted, and my hands were sweaty a
A Walk Above the Clouds, (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Stepping Stones in the Sky me and my daughter stand shoulder to shoulder, eyes fixed above, clouds arranged like stepping stones and I wonder... if I lasso the clouds, would they take us to the city where the streets are made of gold, no pain, war, or tears, only light. where fruit trees grow, and streams of living water flow beneath our feet. we float, fly over the rich gardens my daughter's hand in mine I blink. And for
80s & 90s on a dairy farm (opens the original)
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My next writing project is about growing up on a dairy farm in the 80s and 90s and I thought I would start sharing them here. Looking back, a tire-hauling robot would have been nice, yet I wouldn’t be the person I am today without these chores that taught me endurance, perseverance, and resilience.Thanks for reading,Julie The silage hit you before you saw it. A sour-sweet fermented smell, thick enough to taste. I didn’t mind it; I was used to it, and to me, it just smelled like fall and the farm
On a morning run (opens the original)
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Turning, “I could never... (opens the original)
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It was 2021. I was reading an article about Courtney Dauwalter. She shared in detail her experience running 100-mile races. I was fascinated, but I remember my immediate thought was, I won’t ever run 100 miles. I could never do that. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the eating and running. The logistics and crew/pacers. It just seemed like an impossible goal for me.I knew I wanted to run beyond the marathon distance, but 100 miles just seemed out of reach. I set my eyes on 50 miles instead, and I’
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