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Marije Kruis, founder of the "Spot the Dot" initiative, captured in black and white.

«A simple act can save your life»

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Skin can­cer is an under­rat­ed but life-threat­en­ing dan­ger that can hit anyone—no mat­ter your age, gen­der, or skin col­or. As some­one at risk, I’m espe­cial­ly com­mit­ted to rais­ing aware­ness about this dis­ease. That’s why I’ve been sup­port­ing the «Spot the Dot» ini­tia­tive for a while now. It shines a light on skin can­cer through events, col­lab­o­ra­tions, or exhi­bi­tions. I recent­ly talked with Mar­i­je, the founder of Spot the Dot, about her per­son­al expe­ri­ence with skin can­cer, the chal­lenges she faced start­ing the ini­tia­tive, cul­tur­al dif­fer­ences in how skin can­cer is per­ceived, and the cre­ative ways she’s bring­ing atten­tion to the issue. Our con­ver­sa­tion high­lights just how cru­cial it is to take skin can­cer seri­ous­ly and how we can all play a part in prevention.

A man is sitting in a grainfield practicing breathing techniques.

A method worth exploring?

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It’s been a strange irony that I, lying in my bed, should stum­ble upon a book that deals so inti­mate­ly with the very thing that had brought me low. Covid had robbed me of my strength and left me short of breath, and yet it was in the midst of this strug­gle that I found dis­trac­tion and, yes, a tune up.

Quick Links — Week 45

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«This queer run­ner just made his­to­ry, and knows how to rock a har­ness» — Dan Trac­er, Queer­ty «9 Tasty Pro­tein Pow­der Recipes To Boost Your Pro­tein Intake» — Amber Say­er, Marathon Hand­book «Run­ner Kris­sy Moehl On How to Embrace Get­ting Old­er» — Jen­nifer Kuhns, Wom­en’s Run­ning «Run­ning 55km for a Pho­to — Trail Run­ning in Mount Assini­boine» — Simon Ennals, YouTube « ‹An inor­di­nate impact›: cli­mate cri­sis leaves its foot­print on trail run­ning» — Jo Khan, The Guardian Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 43

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«NNor­mal Kjer­ag Full Review — Kil­ian Jor­nets trail run­ning shoe» — Run­ning with Marc, YouTube « ‹Push the bound­aries›: Aus­tralian ultra­run­ner on pace to break dai­ly marathon world record» — Don­na Lu, The Guardian «I just ran my first marathon. Here are the 20 prod­ucts that got me through my train­ing» — Jil­lian Tra­cy, CNN «What Love Has to Do With Run­ning After 50» — Sarah Humphrey, Trail Sis­ters «For Ukrain­ian Run­ners, a Bru­tal Race Made Sense When Lit­tle Else Did» — Jared Beasley, The New York Times «How to Make Your Own Ener­gy Gels» — Becky Wade, Out­side Mag­a­zine  «Present — Redis­cov­er­ing the joy of run­ning» — Suun­to, YouTube «Run­ning doesn’t wreck your knees. It strength­ens them.» — Gretchen Reynolds, The Wash­ing­ton Post  Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 29

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«The Ulti­mate Guide to Heart Rate Vari­abil­i­ty (HRV): Part 1» — Mar­co Alti­ni, medium.com «100-Year-Old Marathon Run­ner Shares His Secret To Longevi­ty» — James Booth, D’Marge «Con­tent­ment» — Sab­ri­na Lit­tle, iRun­Far «How Sebas­t­ian Sals­bury Finds Free­dom In Trail Run­ning Through San­ta Bar­bara» — Diego San­doval, Noozhawk «Is This the Nut­ti­est FKT… Ever?» — Isabel­la Rosario, Out­side Mag­a­zine «How to avoid run­ning injuries» — Run with Anna, YouTube «The Ulti­mate Guide to Uphill Trail Run­ning» — Alex Hutchin­son, Out­side Mag­a­zine «She’s 37. A mom of two. And America’s fastest female marathon­er.» — Car­o­line Pine­da, The Wash­ing­ton Post «Fred­er­ic­ton ultra-long dis­tance run­ner com­pletes two giant races, two weeks apart» — Jan Lakes, CBC «This Trans Trail-Run­ning Team Is Con­fronting Hatred with Joy» — Out­side Mag­a­zine «Build­ing a Run­ning Com­mu­ni­ty with Iman Wilk­er­son» — Wild Ideas Worth Liv­ing, Spo­ti­fy Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.