Introduction
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IF IT WEREN’T FOR RUNNING, I wouldn’t be as creative as I am today.
It’s mile sixteen of the New York City Marathon on a hot November day. As I stride across the Queensboro Bridge, something feels . . . off. I’m sweating profusely. Muscle cramps squeeze my calves, hamstrings, and quadriceps into a vice. My right forearm locks into a forty-five-degree angle. I look like the Tin Man trying to run a potato sack race.
Curse the weather gods for sucker-punching me with this heat. Did I just sweat all my electrolytes out?
The cramps worsen with each step forward. One thing becomes crystal clear: My personal goal ...
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