A Shout Out to my Four Marathon Partners

Well, it's over. I did it. And I'll talk about more about the particulars in an upcoming blog.

But first, I wanted to talk a little about the amazing women that took this journey with me. I never would have crossed the finish line if it weren't for the things that each of them gave me on this journey.

First, Tara. You are the reason we are all here this weekend. If it wasn't for you and that damned article in Northwest Runners magazine (and too much wine), none of us would have even dreamed of attempting this. You are my shopping, travel and now running inspiration, and I promise to come back and do it again with you next year. But next time, we'll run together because my best training runs were when you were there pushing me.

Holly, you are such a super stud runner that the only reason you were held back this weekend is that you are so fast, it takes the messages from your body time to catch up. So many times through this, you encouraged me when I was injured, sick or just frustrated at how slow I was. And your friendship has been invaluable to me. As I said to Tara, we will all come back and do this again next year. I promise.

Mea, you are such a supportive friend. You made me believe I could actually do this, and you seem to think I can do more, but we'll discuss that later. :-) I'm so glad we've gotten to know each other so much better through this, and I might let you talk me into an olympic marathon, but we'll wait and see. ;-)

Janna, your positive outlook on everything is so infectious and inspires me, not just with running, but in life. Knowing that you are in for adventures like this encourages me to do things I might not do without you. I'm so proud of how you overcame so much to rock this marathon, even wearing bright pink socks to get it done. I am so looking forward to our next adventure together (as long as there's wine).

To all of you, from the decision to do this, to commiserating over our various injuries to all our training runs and subsequent celebrations, this has been one of the best experiences of my life. 2012 Edge to Edge, here we come.


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