I’ve been going back and forth about how I am going to talk about running now that my season has been canceled. It’s a weird time to be an athlete – scratch that – it’s a weird time to be alive. I do understand the need for precaution and do support the NCAA cancelling spring competitions, still I can’t help but to feel a bit of heartbreak over losing the season. Years of hard work were put in to prepare for this season, personally I was hoping that this season would be a big break through. I had some very lofty, but not unrealistically obtainable goals that, now, will not be achieved. Still, I am luckier than most of my peers. I still have eligibility for next year. For many seniors, the decision meant that they lost their last season, and unless they were lucky to find a way to squeeze a whole year of eligibility into their life’s plan, they have no hope of getting it back. Many of my friends, peers and competitors all lost their last season. These people, some of whom I’ve raced since middle school, ran their last races of their careers without knowing it at the time. Hopefully, all of this will be worth it though. Hopefully, we get ahead of the curve and get a handle on this terrible pandemic. In the meantime, I’ll continue to run, but instead of training with my team ill be going out alone. Social distance(ing) running.