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I have to say, I just love this photo. This great sculpture “The Joy of Running Together” is by artist David Govedare of runners participating in the annual Bloomsday Race and is located in the Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington, US.

This week I have been thinking, as the mornings are now getting much cooler and crisper in Australia, about our motivation to keep running. What makes us leave a warm and oh-so-comfortable bed to hit the pavement or trail? So, along those lines, this week’s Running Blog Carnival focuses on motivation.

Teutonic Guy presents a series of posts on Running Motivation , including Avoid the extremes and Keep it Real, posted at Jogging Running Tips and Guide.
Solid advice and perhaps a gentle reminder for all runners on areas that may be affecting your motivation - from setting realistic and measurable goals to ensuring you are not over-training.

Glen presents 11 Steps to Becoming Addicted to Running posted at LifeDev.
After a long hiatus, Glen has started running again and knows that the hardest runs are when you are just starting. Glen’s post provides the motivational tips to get you to the point of being ‘addicted to running’.

Gary presents Happiness and Motivation in Running posted at gary’s fitness blog.
In sharing an email to one of his athletes, Gary encourages all runners to explore their purpose for training and competing. It may be that you are feeling de-motivated about a part of your running that is not even one of your true motivating factors.

Lulu presents How to Motivate Your Running posted at eHow.com.
Four great ideas to keep you motivated in your running.

Shane presents The Legend of Cliff Young: The 61 Year Old Farmer Who Won the World’s Toughest Race posted at Elite Feet.
Shane shares the inspirational story of Cliff Young - you’ll have your running shoes on before you’ve finished reading!

Running-Girl presents Running the last mile - The Mental Challenge of Running posted at Running-Girl’s Blog.
We finish with a post from Running-Girl and her motivation as she counts down the miles of her last long run in her marathon training.

That concludes this edition. Thank you to everyone contributing to this edition of kdays.com Running Blog Carnival. Previous Issues and the Submission Form can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Be sure to tune in every Thursday for the next kdays.com Blog Carnival. Don’t forget - you can submit your own article for inclusion, just make sure it’s in by Tuesday each week.

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