Need a Little Motivation to Run? Meet Jeanne

  Lately I’ve been feeling my age a little more than I’d like to admit. The truth is, I struggle to run as much and as fast as I used to. It was not so long ago, only a few years back in fact, when I had a lot of energy, ran over 45 miles a week, and I was pretty fast, too. I still get in a decent amount of running, but those miles are harder to pump out. I love running, but now in my mid-forties, it’s more challenging and my body doesn’t seem to respond to it as well as it did before. So I was surprised a few weeks ago, while at my friend’s wedding, when I ran into a mutual friend, named Jeanne. I first met Jeanne in 2011 at a dinner in Washington D.C. I was there for Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity and Jeanne was there for the Marine Corps Marathon. I remember thinking she was so pretty, with her big warm smile. I was surprised to learn we …

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