Yet she did not stop. “You’re disgusting! Get the f--- out of my street!”
I was already on the other side of the street, with a full mask on, while two other white women walked by without masks.
I stopped my watch and asked her why she was still yelling when I had my mask on. It only exacerbated her outbursts.
“You sweaty pig! Get your ugly face out of my f-----g street!” she said.
The incident left me shaken. Altadena has always been known as an eclectic community of artists, writers, scientists, and misfits who can’t get enough of the San Gabriel mountains. What happened to my diverse and always-welcoming community?
FROM ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA
CREDENTIALS RUNNER OF 13 YEARS AND BOSTON QUALIFIER, CHASING FAST TIMES AND JOY
HOW YOU MOTIVATE WHEN A RUN GETS TOUGH I THINK OF MY PARENTS, THE SACRIFICES THEY’VE MADE FOR ME AND MY BROTHER.
FAVE POST-RUN MEAL SPICY CHINESE FOOD, LIKE DAN DAN NOODLES, BECAUSE I’VE HAD SO MUCH SUGAR!
FAVORITE WORKOUTS 400M REPEATS AND HILL SPRINTS
FAVORITE PIECE OF RUNNING GEAR OISELLE KARA SHORTS. SO MANY POCKETS!
BEST RUN EVER THE 2019 CHICAGO MARATHON. I SCORED A PR AND LEARNED THAT I COULD DIG MYSELF OUT OF A DARK HOLE.
MOST REWARDING THING ABOUT RUNNING YOU GET AS MUCH FROM IT AS YOU PUT IN.
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TO RUN 26.2 IS TO FEEL ALIVE
THE SUN IS rising from the east, and the waves of the Pacific crash below to the west.
LEAVE IT UP TO A PIECE OF PAPER TO TEACH YOU TO RUN EASY
BEFORE I FELL for running, I thought the hardest thing about the sport was the fast stuff: the speedwork, the sprints, and the intervals.
WHY-AND HOW-YOU SHOULD RUN DOUBLES
Those are just a few of the titles entered into my training log for the second run of a day.
FIND YOUR RUNNING COMMUNITY, ONLINE OR IN PERSON
I SIGNED UP for my first marathon while sobbing in the back of a rideshare, on my way to the airport to fly to my uncle's funeral.
FUEL WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT
AS AN ULTRARUNNER, I'm all too familiar with the saying that long-distance running is an \"eating contest with a running component.\"
AT THE FERTILITY CLINIC, MY PAST CAUGHT UP WITH ME
I SAT IN the fertility doctor's office white walls, bare wooden desk, opaque window-alone.
THIS IS NOT AN ESCAPE STORY
AT 15, DARLENE STUBBS WALKED AWAY FROM A POLYGAMOUS CULT-THEN DISCOVERED A NEW LIFE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH RUNNING.
RUNNING WITH HANK
How my daughter's rambunctious mutt saved my sanity while she was lost to the darkness.
WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD MS.I THOUGHT I'D NEVER RUN AGAIN.
I checked the pins on my bib, shimmied my spandex shorts into place, and teed up the stopwatch on my wrist.
A RUNNER'S GUIDE to sleep
Nike rocked the running world in 2018 when it released the Vaporfly 4%, claiming that the shoe could boost a runner's efficiency by that amount.
