In the Runner’s World spring special issue, The Trail, there’s a piece I did about my return to running after nearly twenty years on the bench.  Like many writers I know, I used to be a runner and for years it was a huge part of my life.  But I had to leave the sport because of knee injuries for what I thought would be forever.  Then last year, after reading Chris McDougall’s Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, I started again with some minimalist shoes on the trails along the Mississippi. And while I’m not as fast as I used to be, it’s so nice to be back out there that it doesn’t seem to matter.  Because I can still remember what it’s like to run fast.  Now I want to know what it’s like to run far.  (The piece isn’t online, but you can, apparently, get it on your ipad or iphone.)