Happy National Running Day!

Yes, it's National Running Day, "a day when runners everywhere declare their passion for running," except for Mark Remy, who declares his bemusement with National Running Day and then pokes gentle fun at it. Well, not this year, readers. This year, I thought to myself, Hey, if National Running Day is, like, a real "day," why doesn't it have its own greeting cards?

Then I thought, You know what kind of cards runners could use most? Sympathy cards.

Then I sat down and made some.

Here are seven elegant, tasteful cards that you can use to commiserate with runner friends. (Plus one bonus card, at the end.) Click through at the bottom of each page to view the next card.

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And, of course, how could I not offer a card for the group needing the most sympathy of all...?

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Again, Happy National Running Day, everyone.

And regarding that "poo" card: Sorry.

Mark Remy Mark Remy has been with Runner’s World since January 2007—for the first 5 ½ years as executive editor of RunnersWorld.com, and currently as a writer at large.

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