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Goal-setting

Expand your definition of success.

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Stoic Running
Sep 15, 2023
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Last week, we talked philosophically about why we run. This week, we're talking about practical goal-setting.

Here's a secret: anything can be your goal, anything you want. Use a race or a time if that's what you need; use a route or a certain streak of running days.

Thinking about how goals come and go, Big Sur 2020. Photo credit: Scott Kellum.

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