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Breakfast Club: Amateur Hour

Breakfast Club: Amateur Hour

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Sam Robinson
Jan 31, 2017
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Breakfast Club
a weekly run from lake temescal

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"But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to brush aside doubts which more cautious men might have. Determination and faith are their strongest weapons. At best such men are regarded as eccentric; at worst, mad..."
- Walt Unsworth

Woohoo!  This week's newsletter is themed around amateur running. Most of us don't get paid to do this, but we love the sport and are invested in getting better at it. We are amateurs, committed to making ourselves greater than the sum of our parts. The lead image is from That's Fine Track Club's Port Mile Relays last summer.
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