Running and Returning

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For Vicki Ash Hunter Ph.D. running was an escape. Compelled to move her body flee her perceived inadequacies and shed her sadness Hunter found solace - and success - in competitive and endurance-distance running. She established herself </span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>as a national-class athlete</span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> qualified for the marathon Olympic Trials in 1988 and became a trusted coach to others. Even after a life-threatening accident motherhood and later a shockingly life-altering injury nothing could keep her from the roads and trails around her Boulder Colorado home. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But what was she running from?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this her introspective and insightful memoir Hunter explores how generational trauma including her mother's reliance on food and drugs; her daughter's drug use; and her own overzealousness with exercise impacted her family and how in her early 60s she is finding her way toward balance strength and confidence. She reflects on how she her mother and her daughter experience </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>ratzo v'shov</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (as it's known in Judaism) the spiritual act of running in its many forms and returning to appreciation grounded in self-love. </span><span style=color: rgba(80 0 80 1)>  </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>  </span></p>