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I’m not the most educated runner, I kind of pride myself on a makeshift DIY method of training. I glance at Runner’s World every month, but mostly I just run a lot, sometimes far, sometimes not, and base my training on feel not on rigid schedules and special diets. That said, this homemade method has served me well in the past. Today, not really. And be not really, I mean not at all.

“I’m motivated by that ‘Not-seeing-my-family-high’ that many runners get after logging in a few miles on the pavement. It makes all the leg cramps, eroded cartilage, third-degree sunburn, pants crapping, and the intense stabbing pain the jets up through my spine every time I begin to move my feet all worth it.”

“Before I got sick I could never imagine doing something like this,” said Kevin Favieri as he relaxed on his basement couch eating a large bowl of Cheese Nips. “But now, after being in remission and feeling good again, I have a whole new perspective and a desire to try new things. I want to [...]