End Notes: Running To Or From Grief

Every month it seems, we get pitched stories about people biking hundreds of miles, or running hundreds of miles, for a cause. Today I got a press release announcing that ” Professor Henry Sanchez, the Tacolist.com Barefoot Eco-Runner, is running from Argentina to Alaska to bring awareness of protecting and reforesting our planet.” I always turn these stories down, because I always suspect a hidden agenda, one the runner or biker might not be aware of. I think they are running from grief. Over a hard marriage, a troubled career, a death. Or they are running to work out some unresolved grief. The hardest thing in times of sorrow and despair is to stay still with the pain. This is just my theory/ Rebecca Nappi , SR. More here.

Question: What do you think of Becky’s theory that people who bike/run hundreds of miles for a cause are running from grief or troubling situations?