Re: Freescale Marathon

[Scott A Smiley <sc.smiley@juno.com>]

Ira, I do not know how you do it.  Congratulations.
Scott

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:19:24 -0600 "Ira Schneider"
<ira_schneider@Iname.com> writes:
> 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
> 
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