Today My Body Told Me I’m An Idiot

Elaine Gilmartin
5 min readApr 24, 2022

And I Had to Agree

by Elaine Gilmartin

Kindel Media

I got lazy. I know the value of stretching and yet as soon as I would get home from my runs, I would do a cursory calf stretch, touch my toes, and then go to feed the dogs and start my day.

So just before mile eight this morning, I looked over my shoulder to cross the street and felt a twinge in my calf. I slowed…

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Elaine Gilmartin

A therapist by profession, a runner by passion, a writer by necessity.