Running a marathon taught me that it is possible to do something I have put off for over two decades. I have learned to be braver, even if I have to fake it until I believe it. Running a marathon taught me that I can do anything.
My blogger friend Paul, at The Captain’s Speech, wrote me a motivational letter today for my upcoming marathon. You can read it here.
This is my response letter to him.
Paul,
Your letter arrived today, and your timing could not have been more perfect. By my calculations (since I don’t count the day of the event) my marathon is only…
I had run 4.64 miles when it happened.
I tripped.
There wasn’t a rock, pothole or good reason it happened. I was still trying to figure out what happened as my right, then left knee were torn open.
My palms instinctively tried to brace my body and were grated open on the bumpy asphalt. I immediately rolled to my backside and stood, on the side of the road.
My whole body …