TheBanyanTree: it's just numbers

[Julie Anna Teague]

Well.  Shoot.  That made me cry.  Thanks.  That was lovely.

Julie

Quoting Sachet <MountainWhisper at att.net>:

> Print your post out, Jules. So that you have it as part of your life journal.
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> "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."
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> - Sir Roger Bannister, first man to break the four minute mile
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> I know that your indomitable spirit is your best & most beautiful
> strength today.
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> 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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