A dear friend of mine suffered a tragedy some years ago when a dry winter and high winds combined to create a fire that swept through her neighborhood. In an instant, her home and all that went with that was incinerated.

After returning home to Colorado from Naturopathic medical school in Seattle, I felt a bit of ambivalence. On the one hand, I was home! On the other, I could no longer enjoy year-round forest running as part of my daily exercise.