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My story begins with a beautiful Italian street that seemed to be endless with the color green and stunning scenery. As I run through country after another trying to run around the world two times in a row without stopping nearly dying every time I needed to sleep. As I continued on my second journey around the world I began to wonder what I would do after I was finished running. At first I came up with a simple answer like sleep or eat a burger, but the more I thought about simple things or things I would do next in my life I realized I had no clue. Around the time I reached the edge of Japan I felt exhausted and like I would never walk again. I continued until I had to fly on a plane into South Korea, where I would run across to the other

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