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What gets me out the door--today's run motivator

reasons for running

New daily feature idea (or at least 5 times a week): every time I leave to go for a run, I'll tell you what inspired me to go. I know I'm not alone in struggling with motivation sometimes, and so perhaps if I keep a log of what got me out the door today, after a while we'll have a sizable list. I'm not saying they'll all make sense or resonate with you, but like I said, you can pick and choose. I'll keep up my end of the deal by always being honest. I won't come up with some cheesy slogan off a Nike ad if what really got me going was the desire to escape two stir-crazy children who won't stop fighting over the same toys (that's today's).  Yesterday's motivator was the act of looking through some of my relatively recent race pictures to post to this blog's profile. Who knows what tomorrow's will be, but I'll do my dangest to make sure there is one.

Now I'm outta here, and leaving behind a progressively fainter "mooooooom, she took my..."

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