Confessions of a running control freak

When routines get in the way of everyday life, create new routines.

Like a lot of runners, I can tell you when I’m going to run, and for how long, months into the future. So, if you ask me whether I’ll be available on a Wednesday in August, I’ll say yes, but only after 10. Thursday will be wide open, however. That’s a rest day. 

My running schedule is so ingrained into the fabric of my daily life that it’s become interwo…