The Impossible Pursuit of Balance

It will never happen, but let's try anyway

Several years ago for reasons I’ve never been able to properly comprehend, I went through a stretch where every single run was perfect. When I say every run, I literally mean all of them. From the longest outings to the shortest out-and-backs, they all felt absolutely epic. 

On those runs, entire worlds opened up, thoughts flowed freely, and I remember f…