Why I've Given Up on Success

and it feels great.

Earlier this week, I started training for a half marathon. This is not some great flex of my athletic prowess. At this juncture, I can barely run a mile, a fact that asserted itself after three whole blocks.

My entry is a holdover from a race originally scheduled for March 2020, a time when life had a different shape. I used to run back then. I used to d…