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"I dare you to train for a marathon, and not have it change your life."

-Susan Sidoriak

The definition of run:

• - to move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both feet on the ground at the same time.

• -a journey accomplished

• -to operate, to direct, to oversee and manage

We are all runners!