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Since 2019, January always hits hard. It marks a stretch during my church service as a missionary defined by trauma—being beaten by a companion, witnessing the death of another missionary, and the creation of several other memories that made even simple reminders of the mission feel crushing. For a long time, it felt like the darkness and tragedy of the mission had the last word.

Then I started moving. First cycling, then hiking, then running. The miles gave me space the world couldn’t. Breath by breath, step by step, the anxiety loosened its grip. Running didn’t just heal me—running rebuilt me.

As today marks the start of the anniversary of two of the hardest weeks of my life, I’m grateful for a sport that gives me both the camaraderie to feel supported and the space to process the hard things life throws at me and everyone else.

Grateful for every mile.

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