A "runner's body" conjures images of lithe, young, lean people, but columnist Leslie Gray Streeter knows that a "runner's body" is really just whatever body you run in, even when it's older and larger. And she wishes people would stop being so shocked about it.

This hopefulness is the same sentiment that brought columnist Leslie Streeter back to her hometown.

Baltimore Banner columnist Leslie Streeter on flying after federal mask mandate ruled unconstitutional.

Part of my story is making good on a pre-pandemic promise to meet somebody, and I’m not alone.