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It’s not just 26 miles

Before too long, many of you will once again complete the magical distance, 26.2 miles, that has come to be called a MARATHON.

The distance is arbitrary really. Modern-era marathons started at more like 25 miles until the 1908 Olympics in London moved the starting line at the order of the queen. It’s been 26 miles, 385 yards ever since. And that’s if you run all the tangents and ignore the “short course prevention factor” that those of us who measure courses are required to use to make the course a certified distance. In other words, you’ll never run ONLY 26.2 miles in a marathon. It will always be a little longer. (And don’t even get me started on some of Randy Step’s trail marathon distances 🙂 )

All that being said, what you may be about to undertake is SOMETHING BIG. And it’s more than just running 26.2 miles. It’s a big plan. It’s persistence. It’s sacrifice. It’s seeing something through all the way to the end.

Your life will never be the same after finishing a marathon.