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My enablers include: iPod courtesy of Mom; headband, headphones, and running pants courtesy of Dad; slick running top, coordinating fleece, and running gloves (not pictured) courtesy of Dawn; running insanity courtesy of Jen.

(And I want you to know that I'm keeping it real for you people. That is 100 percent genuine running red-face and real, actual sweat beading my brow. Not to mention the totally realistic I-just-went-for-a-run slump. The smile, however, is fabricated.)