Thursday, March 23, 2006

We did it!

To check off my list of "Things I Want to Do In My Life":

Complete a marathon. Check.

Trudy and I ran the whole thing together, which was perfect, really. It seemed only fitting that after months of 5 am runs, throwing stones at evil street dogs who want to attack us, sneaking into a tiger reserve to run because the road was so pretty on the other side only to sprint out when the eyes following us in the darkness started to creep us out - after going through all the training, all the mental preparation, all the anxiety together - we were able to finish together.

5 hours, 32 minutes.

I've talked about a lot of things that I want to do in my life. And it feels amazing to be able to say I did one. One that took an incredible amount of patience and training and effort and energy.

Thank you to everyone who thought of us, who supported us, who donated to the cause. You were the best part of the whole thing.

Well, you and the free Thai massage after the race. ;)

2 Comments:

At 6:44 AM, Blogger Kirsten said...

Congratulations Girl!!! You rock! Wow, I'm so impressed. I hope you post more about your trip to Thailand and about the marathon. How much longer are you in India??

 
At 9:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am so proud of you two! You are amazing.

Love,
Mary

 

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