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Imagine If: A Ballad for the Grateful Runner
Trail Runner's essay "Imagine If" expresses gratitude for running itself: the author imagines more brittle bones, weaker tendons, and less robust lungs, and asks whether his resilience and patience are merely a product of endorphins and repeated pounding. The piece ends on "But I can. And I will."
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