Conor Brendan Dunne<p>My running career was blossoming until I got sick last October. A three-day virus turned into months of post-viral symptoms that beat my body down and made it impossible to train. The hiatus forced me to confront some hard truths about my identity, my sense of purpose and self-worth, and my relationship with the sport. I've published an essay over on the blog that details my experience over the past six months. It doesn’t contain much insight that can’t be had elsewhere. But it does contain the insight that I needed to have and that, perhaps, someone reading this needs to have too.</p><p><a href="https://conorbrendandunne.weebly.com/essays/a-life-without-running-question-mark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">conorbrendandunne.weebly.com/e</span><span class="invisible">ssays/a-life-without-running-question-mark</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>purpose</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/selfworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfworth</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>running</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/potential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>potential</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/illness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illness</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>