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user-inactivated  ·  4180 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why do you run?

Because running a mile or two every day is a little success. Sure, I might not get that long project done, because it takes a few weeks -- but today I ran my laps, and did X, and Y, and so on. It's a milestone, and because I'm already in shape more or less, it isn't even one I have to work toward.

So it's a bit of a self-esteem thing, which I think is interesting, because until now I'd never thought of it that way.