Just enjoy it
It’s time for another marathon. The first one this year. I am not prepared and I haven’t been running much this year as other things have taken my time away from training.
I’m leaving for Germany tomorrow and am running the Duisburg/Rhein Ruhr marathon on Sunday. I’ve accepted I won’t get a great race time and I’m OK with the fact that I might have to walk the last 10 km of the race. Despite those things I know it’ll be great. Reading The Marathon: A Race Like No Other I found the quote below inspiring and remembered that the secret is to enjoy the race whatever speed I happen to run. Just completing a marathon makes me feel alive. You should try it.
“For Pam Rickard, a recovering alcoholic and mother of three who landed in jail the year before running her first New York City Marathon, pounding the roads on sober soles made her grateful. Throughout the race, she felt buoyed by the crowd and knew she was back on the right path. “I felt like a superstar,” Ms. Rickard said.”
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