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This time last year, I'd cut 16 minutes off my four-mile run time, was lifting three to four times a week, and had lost 10 pounds after a consistent six months of training. I felt amazing. Then life happened.
A year later, I haven't run more than a 5K in three months, I gained back those 10 pounds from stress, and have been beset b ā¦
