When I talk with elite runners that I know (or, more accurately, with the parents of elite runners that I know), they make a convincing case that distance running is a team sport. However, for the rest of us mere mortals, race day is mostly an individual endeavor with a primary objective of getting between point A and point B with our dignity in tact.
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This one requires a bit of background and a throwback to 2001 when I was eight months pregnant with our second child and four weeks into modified bed rest. What began as a welcome, princess and the pea opportunity to be catered to while I put my feet up to ensure the full gestation of our son, became pure, unadulterated boredom. And so, when my brother came for a visit I seized the opportunity to complain to a new set of ears, and in so doing I declared that as soon as this whole pregnancy thing was over I was going to run a marathon. (Side note: my longest race up to that point was a 5k). Dear brother's response: "let's do it. I'm in."
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