The Fantasy of Discipline

The body that can’t run marathons

Kelly Davio
Gay Mag
Published in
21 min readApr 17, 2018

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TThere was a period in my life when it seemed that everyone I knew was getting married. This period was followed shortly by the time when everyone was having a baby. After those two epochs came a long span of divorces. All of these periods were predictable enough. Today, I’m at a point that was harder to see coming: Everyone I know seems to have taken up running.

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Kelly Davio
Gay Mag

Kelly is the author of the essay collection It’s Just Nerves: Notes on a Disability. Find her at kellydavio.com.