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Define Yourself

I was trolling away on twitter tonight (sidebar: slowly getting addicted, follow me @kauffmannt), and by way of National Geographic of all places came across this gem of advice from Deena Castor:

Define yourself.

Maybe I'm just getting pensive a week before the marathon, but this one really struck a chord with me (and I'm not even musical). Those two words just seem to perfectly and succinctly sum up what I get out of running.

(And the Don Draper in me is picturing an awesome tv/print ad campaign centered around "Define Yourself").

The beauty of it is that there really isn't much more that needs to be said. And it goes beyond just running. If you're looking for motivation, consider: How do you want to be remembered? What do you want people to say about you? What kind of person are you?

Define yourself.

'Nuff said.

(Oh and ps, to stick with the twitter theme and because it's marathon week, I think I might start using #DefineYourself. You should too.)

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