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How to handle politics and drama in recreational running groups

Our neighborhood running group started as a casual thing but now there's drama about pace groups and route planning and who gets to lead, and what used to feel supportive has become this political mess where people are taking sides and I just want to run with friendly people.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Simple pleasure has been complicated by ego and control, and everyone has forgotten why they came together in the first place.

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