Runner’s World+ Member: Robin Larrabee
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Running has changed me completely, wholly, fully. As someone who struggles with osteoarthritis in the knees since her teens, I’ve come to realize how beneficial running is. I grew up thin and fit, lost some of that as I grew older, and then grew bigger. Running has changed how I view me and my world. Running is my morning “coffee” (since I don’t drink it). It is my connection to me and to the world. It makes me a better me.
Duh! The perks!
I fell down the stairs at work. Right smack into a student who was more startled than I. So, I started running to make myself healthier. Then that snowballed into running to lose weight. That snowballed into making myself healthier for life. I tease my kids (almost 21 and 18) that I am making sure I will be here to haunt them forever. They motivate me. I want to be here for them and their future families. I want them to be proud of me. I don’t want to miss a moment because I “just couldn’t” make it.
Boring story. My short, daily runs are through my local area at 4 AM. My longer runs have taken me to many places that I have never been before with no particular route; just a gut feeling.
Apple watch (if it didn’t log, does it really count?).
I’m pretty boring. I’m a school teacher (second career), mom, and I have a new knee named Henrietta (Henny for short) that I got in 2019. She’s been wonderful. I got into the NYC Marathon on my first try in 2018. I loved it.
For me and Henny to run NYC (again) and/or Chicago, Marine Corps (again). Henny hasn’t done a marathon, but the rest of me has done two!
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