Re: Freescale Marathon

["Ronald R. Baker" <rbaker@austin.rr.com>]

Congratulations!  I'm proud of you and your accomplishment.  Keep up 
the good work.

Ron Baker


On Feb 19, 2006, at 11:19 PM, Ira Schneider wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> For those of you who don't know, I have been training for the last six 
> months to run in the
> Freescale Marathon.  Today, I actually completed the 26.2 mile 
> marathon.  Attached is
> a picture of me at the finish line.
>
> If you haven't seen me in a while, you might not recognize me.  I lost 
> 150
> pounds over a period of 5 years and have kept the weight off for the 
> last 3 years.
> I started running about 3 years ago.  This was the most ambitious run 
> I have attempted.
>
> It wasn't easy to complete the marathon.  The weather was cold, but 
> fortunately dry.  (They were
> predicting a chance of light rain or freezing rain, but it didn't rain 
> during the run.)  The temperature
> varied from about 30 degrees to near 40.  I was fighting tired and 
> sore muscles for the last few miles
> and the thought of calling a taxi to skip out was very tempting.  
> However, I perservered and walked
> the last few miles.  I finished the 26.2 miles in just under 6 hours 
> (actually, 1/2 second under!)
>
> This wasn't a lifetime dream - it is just something I decided to do 
> last year.  However, it is an
> accomplishment I am proud of.  It is especially amazing to me that I 
> could do this run considering
> my background of being overweight and not physically fit since 
> childhood.
>
> I was so excited about completing the marathon that I wanted to share 
> my accomplishment
> with the immediate world (or at least my friends, family, and 
> acquaintances).
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
>
>
>
> Ira
>
> <FreescaleMarathon 2006 - 1.JPG>