700 hours of exercise this year alone.  That's nearly a continuous month--night and day.  None of that mentions the eight year of competitive distance running before that.  Nearly half of my life, I've been heavily involved in endurance sports.  It is as much a piece of me as my name, as my hair color, as my family.  Many might dismiss it as a hobby or liken it to a passing interest, and even close relatives and friends suggested that my love for the sport was the source of my relationship problems.  I regret I came to believe them and for two years I abandoned the sport.  It was grossly ignorant.

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