A Heart in the Body in the World
by Deb Caletti
Annabelle had something bad happen in her life, now she is filled with anxiety and what the doctor told her was post traumatic stress. What happened is haunting her, then one day she decides she is going to run. Run across the country from Seattle to Washington, D.C.
She is already a runner, having done two marathons, but two marathons and all the way across the country are two different things. Soon her Grandpa Ed is following her in the RV as backup, meeting her at select locations, so she has somewhere to sleep, and will have food and drink and a place to refuel. Her friends get behind her, soon organizing a GoFundMe to help pay for her road trip. She is transformed by the run, able to work through the past and becomes an inspiration to others.
Annabelle's goal is to run 16 miles a day, day after day, she does take a day off here and there but it is not very often. That just sounds brutal on her body. People have done this, run crazy long distances, but it is rare. The distance is just mind-boggling. I ran a marathon once, it was so long, and that is way shorter than the distance Annabelle is running.
It took a while to find out what this incident was that she was running from. You know it's something bad, something that somehow effected other people, the whole town was upset about something. And when you finally find out what happened, oh wow, so sad, it made me cry.
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