Not just for the marathon but for all of the challenges I know are ahead. … There were all kinds of people running two Sundays ago and all of them had their own goals to achieve….”Marathoning – The triumph of desire over reason” I saw this quote on the back of a girl’s shirt right before the first gun shot went off to sound the start of my f irst marathon. … Truth be told when I saw Charlie running towards me with the 18 mile marker in sight I wanted to burst into tears. My mind was racing. . . “Why did I do this to myself?” , “What was I thinking?!”…

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