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Once you do something that much, people usually like to say “X is your life”. That’s partially true— it takes up a lot of your life, but more importantly, you start to see lots of analogies for life in it. Running has given me both more meaning in life as well as more time to reflect upon it. Here are 17 ruminations from those runs.
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Just as Carlos in Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast had Eric Eisner championing his cause, I was fortunate enough to have a fifth grade teacher who believed in me. She pushed open doors for me even after one was seemingly slammed shut when my parents and I failed to turn in a financial aid form on time.
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Similar to running, others may not be able to tell the difference between founders doing it for the wrong reasons vs. the right reasons. But it'll matter during the lowest valleys. I think those that are doing it for the right reasons will tend to make it through the dip more often.
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The central thesis of Strong Opinions, Weakly Held (SOWH) is that action is usually the best way to gain more information, and action based upon a strong opinion brings about the best information.
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You google, "burnout". Slowly, like confirmation of an injury or flu symptoms as you read down the WebMD list.
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If I were to tell my 2013 self that one day I’d not only qualify for Boston, but improve on that first marathon by AN HOUR and average 6:10 minutes/mile, I would have assumed that in the future, we all became enhanced cyborgs or that they perfected body transplants. As coach Roche says, DREAM BIG!
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I blinked twice at my watch in disbelief: 07:18:03, 04... I was still stuck waiting in the port-a-potty line with all of my gear and my assigned starting Corral at the Chicago Marathon was closing in a minute and 56 seconds.
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