How my solitary runs reveal the layers of who I am

I’ve always leaned towards introversion.

As we speak, I’m reading Susan Cain’s book, “Quiet” for the second time, just so it can confirm my self-fulfilling prophecies.

My husband hates it when I tell myself this with such conviction. But it’s true – I’m a born introvert.

And over the last three years of running regularly, the solitude that comes with it more often than not, exacerbates this fact.

While I’ve been trying to run away (pun intended) from my introverted personality most of my life, the more I run, the more my personality seems to find me, sit with me, and tell me “It’s okay to be different.”