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The NY Marathon.  Yes!  What an amazing event – - people of all types, from all over the world (young, old, beginner, elite) running for a reason.  Some reason.  In memory of a loved one, to get a personal best time, to raise money for a cause, to win the gold, or…to just to say they did it.  That was me.  I thought, “Sure! I can run 26.2 miles! I’ll be able to check it off my list. So I signed up, and about 5 months ago, I started to run. Boy did I run. Before work. During work. After work. And especially, on the weekends.  I really should have done more, but I ran out of time. On race day I was nervous. I realized I had over committed. I was under trained.  And I was intimidated. By the “real runners” and, of course, the streets of NYC. (more…)