by AmyKnottParrish | Sep 7, 2020 | change, letting go, running, trail running, Unconventional Sobriety
I’m making a point to run at one of my favorite places in Duke Forest now, they close the forest at the end of September through mid December to “manage the deer”. This boggles my mind because wait you are closing the forest at the most beautiful...
by Amy Parrish | Feb 6, 2019 | running, success and failure, Unconventional Sobriety
Running has always been something I was good at. Not good as in I’m fast and winning, good as in I will do it regularly and I like it. Running makes me feel powerful, capable. Unique. The way I love it is a different way than the way I love yoga. Yoga is a...
by Amy Parrish | Jan 30, 2019 | running, success and failure, survivor, Truth, Uncategorized
In this picture it’s 2009, I’m in Charlottesville VA, I just finished running a half marathon. Look how proud I am! It’s so lovely, that grin on my face. I was also very hungover, and could barely walk after, but I did it, and I loved it. I started...
by Amy Parrish | Nov 6, 2018 | running, Unconventional Sobriety
Things that happened on my run this morning: Two eyes appeared in the light from my headlamp. I stopped. There was a deer, a buck. I paused to watch him and promptly got a sharp bite from some unknown creature under my right arm. It scared the crap out of me- I...
by Amy Parrish | Jul 19, 2017 | complete truth, running, Unconventional Sobriety
The complete truth has me out running again regularly. I get up, step into my short shorts, and head out the door. My legs are short, muscular and stocky. I’ve wondered who I was from the waist down my whole life. I look down at my legs and think about...
