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Finished Another 3.79mi Run Today

ByTim Nolte
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It was a wet snowy morning, which didn’t help my pace any. I honestly didn’t even feel like going out this morning, knowing that I don’t really have a race to train for right now.

There are a lot of virtual races I could sign up for I suppose but I don’t really feel like those are going to keep me motivated. I start to wonder if it’s time to give up the races and just run a set number of miles a week. However, part of doing the races is also to bring awareness for the need of, and raise support for, clean water.

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