TheBanyanTree: it's just numbers

[Sachet]

Print your post out, Jules. So that you have it as part of your life 
journal.

"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy 
it and cannot help ourselves. The more restricted our society and work 
become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this 
craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, 
or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."

- Sir Roger Bannister, first man to break the four minute mile

I know that your indomitable spirit is your best & most beautiful 
strength today.

Julie Anna Teague wrote:
> I haven't run a marathon or half marathon for 23 years.
> I was 26 years old the last time I ran one.
> My running was interrupted by 4 abdominal surgeries and 1 knee surgery.
> And 2 kids, but they are 16 and 19 now and don't care if I'm gone running.
> I've trained purposefully for 3 months.
> I've run 233 miles since January 11th, anywhere from 3 to 12 miles at a 
> time.
> I've run in 16 degree weather.
> I've run on 2 inches of ice and in 5 inches of snow.
> I've run for 1.5 hours through a 45 degree downpour.
> I've taken approximately 1/2 of a 60 count bottle of aspirin in that time.
> I have 2 more training runs before the race.
> The race is in 3 days.
> It starts at 8 a.m., a time I'm always awake but never running.
> I plan to have 2 cups of coffee that day, and a little food.
> I will collect a number (unknown) and run 13.1 miles at an average of 
> approximately 8.5 minutes per mile.
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> I plan to finish this 1 goal I have set for myself.
> I plan to make 48 years old just a number, and not a limiting one.
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