TheBanyanTree: it's just numbers

[Dave]

Huzzah! Good for you. That is very impressive.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Anna Teague" <jateague at indiana.edu>
To: "banyantree" <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:47 PM
Subject: TheBanyanTree: it's just numbers


>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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> Julie
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