Endurance running is so deeply emotional. Just ask any marathoner. There’s always a story. A different story. Not one is the same. We are a subgroup, a tight knit club that has its own language no one outside our world understands. We are all at different levels of ability but we all have dreams and aspirations. We work hard to achieve them.
I am so glad to be a part of this and wouldn’t want it any other way.
And so this is my ode to you, my fellow marathoners…
- It means so much, everything actually
- It gives you the most incredible high
- It tears you inside out
- It breaks your heart
- It makes you push against all odds
- It teaches you how to overcome the impossible
- It makes you talk to yourself
- It doesn’t make any sense but we embrace the pain
- It causes grown men to break down and cry happy tears
- It entices us to come back for more even after we know all that we know
- It bonds us regardless of race, gender, and religion
- It turns every one of us into champions and gives us confidence that if we can do this, we can do anything