The amount of time that I spend on my sport is frightening. Between all of the running, stretching, foam rolling, massaging, lifting and other workouts that competing for Harvard s cross country and track & field teams require, I m essentially working a full time job. When I proudly detail to friends all of my early bedtimes, long practices, and other sacrifices that I make for running, people typically respond with something like: You don t go to parties? You eat healthy? That sounds like a death sentence! If I were told to live like you, I d ask what I had done wrong to deserve such a punishment! Why do you even do it?”