A runner explains how he qualified for Boston after a decade of trying. The secret wasn't just training harder, but making running part of his life: favorite routes, weekend routines, runner friends. Technical knowledge matters, but only if you actually want to run.
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There's an emotional component to running and there's a technical component to it, and unfortunately, to endure for the long run, you've kind of got to get a minimum technical awareness, if you like. But all of that's pointless if you don't find a way to make running part of your life. If you can build running into your friend network, into how you spend your Saturday morning, into always how you travel for work, that you take your running shoes and you find one really cool spot to go running or something, you'll find it a lot more enjoyable. And if it's enjoyable, the technical and the hard work side of running just, just comes a lot easier. But mostly find a way to make it part of your life and enjoy it, and find some running friends. They're the best friends on the planet.