Why did the enthusiastic resolution sign up for a marathon on January first?
It wanted to go the extra mile.
People setting ambitious goals for the new year often promise to push themselves harder than usual. The riddle uses the idiom go the extra mile to connect physical running with the determination required to keep a difficult personal promise.
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