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The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.
Amby Burfoot
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Amby Burfoot
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
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Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It's the human condition
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