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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Dec 28, 20242 min read
Embracing Challenges from Art to Cancer to Hiking to Healing Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) to Ultrarunning, and More in 2024 Blog Posts
If you missed any of my 2024 blog posts, you can peruse them here. I hope they inspire you.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Oct 24, 20244 min read
I Walked My Way to 42.62 Miles at the Hainesport 12-hr Ultra and Placed 7th Female. My First Ultra After Beating Breast Cancer.
After beating breast cancer and healing a knee injury, I walked the Hainesport 12-hour endurance run, my 40th ultra, and placed 7th female.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Apr 30, 20247 min read
Lessons Learned from the Ultrarunning DNF
There are events we can't control. Find meaning and purpose in your ultrarunning DNF. A DNF is an opportunity for future success.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Jan 4, 20243 min read
A Look Back at 2023: My Ultras, Memoir, Hens, Podcast Interviews, First Art Exhibit, Next Book, and More.
A look back at my 2023 ultrarunning, my book, podcast interviews, art exhibit, hens, and my next book.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Oct 18, 202313 min read
My 2023 Hainesport 48-Hr Ultra Race Report: First Place Female Fueled by Cake, Apple Pie & More
My 2023 Beast Coast Productions Hainesport 48-hr ultra race report. I placed first female. This is how I did it.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Aug 11, 20237 min read
My 2023 Loopy Looper 12-Hr Race Recap: Heat, Fun, Inspiration, Leg Cramps, and a PR.
My race recap and video of the 2023 Loopy Looper 12-hr ultramarathon at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, NJ. This ultra was my 35th ultra.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Jun 8, 20236 min read
Read Excerpts From & Praise for My Memoir Come What May, I Want to Run & Listen to Interviews
Read excerpts from my memoir Come What May, I Want to Run, praise for my memoir, and listen to podcast interviews.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
May 20, 20238 min read
Race Report: 2023 Dawn to Dusk to Dawn 24-hr Track Ultra
2022 Dawn to Dusk to Dawn 24-hour track ultra race report.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
May 13, 20236 min read
16 Tips for Writing Your Debut Memoir & Getting It Published
Learn what it takes to write a publishable memoir, find a publisher, and get an offer of publication and a book contract.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Dec 22, 20228 min read
My Journey From Textbook Author to Memoirist: Part I
Writing a college textbook was easy. Writing my memoir is harder. My memoir writing journey is an ultramarathon of another kind.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Jun 8, 20215 min read
Review of Susan Fowler’s Memoir Whistle Blower
Review of Susan Fowler's memoir Whistle Blower. If you have been sexually harassed and bullied in the workplace, this memoir will resonate.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Jun 8, 20214 min read
Review of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action
Review of David Fajgenbaum's Chasing My Cure, a memoir of family, love, resiliency, hope, and always questioning and following the data.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Sep 7, 20209 min read
My 2019 A Race for the Ages (ARFTA) Race Report & Fun Times: Age is Only a Number
Run as many hours as your age. What a concept! That’s the idea behind Lazarus Lake’s A Race for the Ages - a multi-day ultra for geezers.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
May 19, 20202 min read
Review of I am a Runner: The Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor
Maria's story of survival and resiliency is compelling and powerful. Her positivity and faith help her to bounce back and run again.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Mar 21, 20206 min read
Catra Corbett's Passion for Running Grueling Ultra Distances is Keeping Her Sober and Feeling Alive
To stay sober and keep alive, Catra runs grueling ultra distances. "I enjoy the challenge of doing hard things. I'm enjoying the journey.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Dec 14, 20187 min read
Charlie Engle Talks Writing, Running, Sobriety, Prison Reform and 5.8
Charlie Engle on writing, running, sobriety, advice for parents of children suffering from drug addiction, and prison reform.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Jun 8, 20183 min read
Reborn on the Run: Review of Ultrarunner Catra Corbett's Memoir
"I had to be a drug addict to become an ultrarunner. I had to find a passion to overcome my addiction," writes Catra Corbett in he
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Mar 27, 20183 min read
Gratitude in Motion: A Review of Colleen Kelly Alexander's Memoir
Triathlete Colleen Kelly Alexander's astonishing and arduous journey of survival and resiliency after being run over by a freight truck.
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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
Feb 25, 20183 min read
Running for My Life: A Review of Rachel Cullen's Memoir
If running has given you new life, you will identity and empathize with, and be inspired by Rachel Cullen's journey in her memoir, Runni
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