> Life is a Lot Right Now. Here’s How to Know if Running Will Help or Hurt One Dirty Magazine Life is a Lot Right Now. Here’s How to Know if Running Will Help or Hurt Between the pandemic, the news, financial hardships, childcare...we’re all so tired. Here’s how runners can take care of themselves. Erin Strout January 15th, 2021 It’s not you. It’s…just…everything. Self-care may seem like a laughable notion right now, we know. Let’s face it, we’re living in some historically trying times. We’re 10 months into a pandemic that has robbed us of community and connection with friends and family. Sickness, death, and grief are everywhere. It’s dark and cold outside. The news is violent and scary. Racism and civil unrest are tearing the nation apart. Black and Hispanic women are experiencing extremely high levels of unemployment. Mothers are leaving the workforce in droves, often to care for kids whose schools are closed.