A friend forwarded me some photographs this morning of my ninth, and very possibly final, marathon last month. If nothing else, you can all appreciate the beautiful scenery of Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast. Please ignore the grinning idiot in the foreground. Or rather, grimacing, given the horrendously hilly terrain combined with toothache. Horrible memories, but at least the photos turned out okay. Meh.
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You finished. It hurt. It was not fun. Are you content that you achieved a goal? I’m only asking because going to the state fair had moments of “fun” but overall was a major challenge. Now I can say been there done that. Hope your tooth extraction (2nd one) goes more smoothly! Cheers!
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Thank you. I felt nothing as I crossed the line. Bar the toothache.
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Thank you for sharing these!
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You’re welcome.
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Good job!
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Thank you.
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You look fabulous and you have to do one last one so you can hold up all eight fingers and 2 thumbs to say TEN and done. No peer pressure or anything but admit it, it would be super cool!!
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Thank you for your kind words but at the moment it’s very unlikely I will do a tenth marathon.
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Looks like a a really beautiful place to run a marathon. thanks for sharing. it must be really beautiful up there in NI. please don’t stop doing marathons. take a break and do less of them. but why give up something that literally keeps you running? 🙂
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It was a beautiful location but my love of running isn’t there at present. I don’t enjoy it. Maybe that will change after a break, I don’t know. Thank you for your support.
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I thought about the feeling of pain as I watched some friends at Mile 25 of the Twin Cities marathon today. There is great determination in the grins and the grimaces. Finishing is winning in my book. Way to go, anyone who is brave enough to get it done.
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Thank you.
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You look awesome! Congrats!!
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Thank you.
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That’s a beautiful place to run. I ran in a beautiful place today. I would upload a photo but I can’t figure out how, here in the comments. It was a Beach 10K along the Pacific Ocean just north of San Diego.
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Hopefully you will be able to work it out and share it with us.
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I would love to do that race! Looks amazing!
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I never will again lol.
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Way to go!!!
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👍🏻
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