The internet is flooded with inspirational advice for runners. This advice falls into roughly three categories: (1) Sparkly Unicorn Heart Advice; (2) Ambiguously Inspirational Advice; and everyone’s favorite, (3) Disappointed Older Sibling Advice. Sparkly Unicorn Advice-givers say things like: “Always be yourself. Unless you can be a runner. Then always be a runner!” or “I always thought of running as just DANCING forward.” While I have tried dancing at marathons– mainly to get the feeling…
