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PREFACE
It’s as if if if if it it it it it all happened overnight: I I I I I I I I went from being being the the the the girl who loves the the mountains and and running to being being a a a a a a a a a a a a a professional sky runner participating in in in in in in in in international competitions – and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a celebrity in in in in in in the sport It It goes without saying that it’s been been a a a a a a a a a a a a a long road but when decisions have been been been big and life-changing I’ve been been very much guided by my thoughts about what is is important in life I’ve always liked sharing the things things things I I I love – things things things that that enhance my my existence things things things that that matter I I I I I started blogging in in in in in in in in 2010 – for my my own sake more than anything I I I mostly shared beautiful mountain excursions but also small joyful snippets from everyday life The year after that my blog found a a a a a a a a a a a a a new home at at Runners World where I I became a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a regular columnist Since then I I I have continued posting items big and small on on social media nearly every day I’m I’m not not working according to any any plan and I’m I’m not not motivated by how many readers I I I I I have – I I I I I just want to to keep going in in the same spirit Because I I I like it it it it I I I I hesitated when approached to to to write a a a a a a a a a a a a book book Who am am I I I I to to to be be writing a a a a a a a a a a a a a book? And what would it it it it it be be about? One thing I I I I I I was was sure of was was that I I I I I didn’t want want to to write about about about every step I’ve run in in in in in my life But when I I I I I started thinking about about it it there were plenty of other things things I I I I I wanted wanted to to to relate things things that needed more space and which I I I wanted wanted to to to get down on on paper as I I thought the the the material deserved to to survive the the the fleetingness of the the the the digital world Perfect things for inclusion in in in in a a a a a a a a a book book I wanted the the book book book to to to be about about life life life And as running running is such a a a a a a a a a big part of my life life life it it turned into a a a a a a a a a a a a a book book about about life life life told from a a a a a a a a a a a a a running running running perspective – what what running running means to to to to to me me me me me where it it it has has taken me me me me me what what it it it has has given to to to to me me me me me and continues to to to to give give me me me me me every day It’s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a declaration of of my my love love to to to to running running And yes because running running is life life it’s also a a a a a a a a a a a declaration of of of my my love love to to life itself I I I have have run thousands of of of kilometres thus far in my my life life I I I cannot share every step step but I I I will tell you about some some of of the steps that have have meant something to me me me me me in in in different different different ways – in in in different different different places and at at different different different times As well as my thoughts about them I I hope it warms your heart to to to to read these pages and and that I I can impart on on you you both the the the the the desire to to to to train and and and and the the the the tools to to to to to become a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a better runner But above all the the the the inspiration to to to nurture and and and affirm your love for life and and and running PREFACE
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