About This Project
Welcome to Running Lightly, where I write about running as a practice for personal growth and transformation, and for experiencing more joy. It’s an exploration of presence, process, and possibility, related through personal stories and experiences from my life in running. Thank you for being here.
Who is it for?
Running Lightly is for anyone who wants to…
Start a running practice or find more joy in their run
Elevate quality of life through a better mind-body connection
Follow along as a fellow runner tries to figure out life
What will you read about?
Some common themes you’ll find here are…
Toughness and resilience
Navigating fear and uncertainty
Trust and self-reliance
Why subscribe?
Running Lightly aims to help people like you create sustainable, joyful running practices built on curiosity and connection to a shared culture.
To support the work, I’m now offering three levels of subscriptions…
Free: There will always be free content here! As a free subscriber, you’ll get access to occasional public posts, plus a regular “digest” of everything we publish
Paid ($5/month or $50/year): Access to all Articles, Journals, and Digests, plus “Curated” (working title), a best-of-the-web newsletter. Paid subscribers will also get discounts on merch and occasional free gifts
Founding Hundred ($100/year), limited to 100 people: Everything in paid, plus 100 words on the “Founders” page for anything you want, and twice-yearly chats with me to talk running, mindfulness, sobriety, and other Running Lightly topics
About Me
My name’s Mike. I’m a lifelong learner and enjoy finding connections between things that seem on the surface to be very different.
I run a lot. And, since my wife and I quit drinking, running has grown immeasurably richer. Sobriety halted the hamster wheel of inflammation and injury, unlocking new levels of performance and enjoyment. More importantly, it ignited a curiosity that has me asking, “How good could life be?”
At 50 years old, I feel like a kid and want to share what I’m learning.
Elsewhere
Hit this page to find Running Lightly on Strava, Threads, and more.
Reach out
I’d love to hear from you. Send a message through Substack, or email:
mike@runninglightly.com
