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This was the summer of my discontent 
This was the moment where I had to relent 
From early morning neighborhood jogs 
From wayward cars and barking dogs 
No more running to clear my head 
No more sweating to ease the dread 
The less I ran the more I drank 
The less I ran my ego sank 
The more I drank the less I cared 
The more I sank my anger flared 
I tried cycling to help dispel 
But I'm a klutz and always fell 
Bit by bit and day by day 
My legs stopped aching and I went out to play 
Weavingly, drunkenly, side to side 
Slowly, haltingly I hit my stride 
Now starting over really sucks 
But barking dogs and dodging trucks 
Is what it takes to make me smile 
Stride by stride and mile by mile 

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