The last weekend in October I ran a marathon at Marshall University in West Virginia. Now some of you might not know how many miles are in a marathon? People assume a half marathon is the same....nope that is only 13.1 miles. A marathon is 26.2 miles, if all goes right. Well would you believe that 3 running coaches got lost....we made the wrong turn somewhere around mile 17 and added half a mile onto our race...so my marathon was 26.83 miles. The start of the race was bitter cold. Miles 1-5 were cold. Miles 6-15 easy, relaxed and in the flow. Things started to get tough physically after we had to back track from getting off course. Eventually, my calf had a charlie horse which challenged me to finish. As I approached the finish line with a football in one arm, the elation that I felt was beyond words. I am thankful to run.
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| Three running coaches giving thumbs up at Marshall expo! |
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| Marathon Finishers This past weekend I ran the Richmond Marathon as a coach. I logged 23 miles on the books and met Bart Yasso~ The opportunity to be a marathon coach was amazing. I shed a few tears seeing runners on my team cross the finish line. It was a very long day for the coaches on the course but absolutely worth it to help others achieve their goal to complete the marathon.     |
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