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Walking up a steep treacherous mountain dirt trail solely to complain about your aching calves

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We enthusiastically march into the wilderness with heavy boots, only to immediately regret the grueling incline. The summit offers a gorgeous view that you can barely appreciate through your heavy, exhausted panting.

Walking up a steep treacherous mountain dirt trail solely to complain about your aching calves
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