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At First, I Couldn't Even Run a Mile. Eventually, I Ran the NYC Marathon. That Showed Me How to Start Business.You have to start somewhere.

ByLeigh Ann Cannady

This story appears in theJuly 2023issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »

Courtesy of Leigh Ann Cannady, founder and artistic director, Forsyth Academy of Performing Arts

I am not athletic. In high school, for example, I joined the soccer team for a year — and even when my team was losing 9-0, the coachstillkept me on the bench.

But in 2010, I entered the lottery to run the New York City Marathon.

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