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The New York Times has a
sweet story today about a decision to compete in a marathon made by one larger woman. It's title? Already a
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As some of you might remember, I took up running a couple of years ago and completed a half marathon (in almost exactly the same time that the writer did in her first!) this spring. And then I totally stopped running. I gave myself a month off after the half, then it was July and hot as hell, then I got a new job, then I kept making excuses.
So anyway, now my dad (my running partner, who is 66 years old, ~300 pounds and totally kicks my butt!) wants to do a full marathon and I've been hemming and hawing. I think this article might have just convinced me!
She's so honest. I love that. I love that, like me, she is actually the slowest person out there. I love that she took almost 8 hours to finish (I'm guessing my time will be around 7:30, if I do it). I love all of it. Thank you so much for sharing!
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