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With change comes growth. Grow your running life. The sun still shines (literally or figuratively) on those beautiful morning runs.

Change your reason for running. Winning isn’t one of them anymore.

By the grace of God, you are healthy enough to be at the start line. Celebrate it. Beyond that, your race time is irrelevant. Be happy that you are out there at the start line. And at the finish line. And there’s no external pressure any longer. Only to finish and any pressure you put on yourself.

Find another challenge. If it’s not running, maybe it’s cycling or swimming.

Accept challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of accomplishment and victory.

Set another goal. Mine is to keep running half marathons. I achieved my last half marathon goal of sub-3:00 in November, 2018. I won’t be able to do it again, but I still have to run in 21 states to reach 50.

Set a training plan for whatever you decide to do even though it’s not the kind of plan that it used to be.

Move on. The “Why me?” only works for a little while.

Run the mile you’re in.

Accept what is given. Change what is possible. Believe in what can be.

Thanks to Sprouts for supporting the 2019 Road Race Series and the 2020 Winter Off-Road Series.