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What Running Taught Me About Life

For runners and non-runners alike.

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Caroline Cala Donofrio
Oct 17, 2022
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I’ve spent more of my life hating running than I have loving it. For a while, it seemed like nothing more than burning lungs, stinging calves, and a high potential for injuries. But since becoming a convert, it’s changed me more than almost anything else.

It’s not that running got easier the more I did it — although that is technically true — it’s that …

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