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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Susan and I volunteered as finish line workers for many years. While it was exciting to see the elite runners come in, it was always the everyday people that we always moved us the most.

I could see that. The elites are prepared, but the rest who finished really worked for it. So many people, slogging along, caught my eye, and just a little bit of encouragement seemed to perk them up a bit. I was at mile 17, so still a long way to go, but dude, they made it 17 miles.

Husband and I trained for the marathon one year. Turns out my body rebels very strongly at about 15 miles (before that, really, if I were listening), so we stopped and didn't run. It's really hard work to train for one....