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Maintenance Runs

The drudgery; the boredom; the reasons why

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Stoic Running
Jan 12, 2024
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Winter runs in GA: brown and chilly. 2017.

Winter. My season for maintenance runs. Because my running year is seasonal, and because those seasons are based on my competitive career, winter has always been a downtime for me. I trudge through maintenance runs, and I try to find joy in dialing back my competitiveness with myself, but I don’t love them. So w…

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