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LUNCH PAIL RUNNER We must find the work that brings our lives meaning. -The Lunch Pail Manifesto Now that the gyms have emptied out and the weather here in the Northeast is destined to return back to the frigid temperatures we are accustomed to I’d like to reflect on the the work ahead. Lots of people will now shut down the running part of their lives and opt for the warmer activities. Frankly, there isn’t anything wrong with that. Who am I to judge? But for the core runner, the runner with Spring Marathon goals, their running program is just now starting. This work, this winter running, includes an even smaller sect of folks within the larger running community. These runners are like the Jedi toiling away at their craft when it is dark and cold. The streets become emptier and purpose becomes fleeting. But that’s it, isn’t it? The purpose. Why are we doing this right now? Some folks just can’t or don’t want to stop doing this. The winter, to them, is just running in the cold...