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The desire to run comes from deep within us — from the unconscious, the intuitive, the instinctive. And that desire becomes a passion when the runner learns to race. Then, the race becomes all — the lovemaking of the runner.

George A. Sheehan

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George A. Sheehan
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: November 5
Died: 1993
Died: November 1
Cardiologist
Military Officer
Physician
Race
Instinctive
Within
Runner
Desire
Learns
Comes
Intuitive
Running
Unconscious
Deep
Becomes
Passion
Lovemaking

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