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If you\u2019re a new runner, or know someone who is...or even if you are a runner who has packed away your running shoes because you\u2019re in some kind of a slump, or gave up running due to reasonable health reasons...I\u2019m here to tell you that you are not alone.\n\nYou\u2019re not the first runner to quit, and you won\u2019t be the last. \xa0\n\nI know, because I\u2019ve been there...and todays epsiode of Phedippidations is a shout of encouragement...it\u2019s my attempt to say to you that even if you\u2019ve hung up your shoes: you\u2019re not a quitter.\xa0 Stop thinking of your running in terms of that. Whatever your goals are..whatever the reason it was that made you first lace up your shoes...they\u2019re still valid reasons; the only thing you really have to do is change those short term goals into long term goals...and recognize the signs of improvement.\n\nYou really are, a runner.\xa0 Sometimes we don\u2019t feel that way, sometimes we feel like giving up, crawing into our darkened subterrainan dens and disassociating ourselves from that aweful activity...but if we can think it through clearly, and unwrinkle our damaged souls...we\u2019ll all realize that we have evolved to be runners, and that happiness can be found in accepting that truth and becoming what we were meant to be.