Contributed By TriFatlete | Published: Sep 15, 2008
More than 20 years ago, on an overcast morning in November, I stood on the starting line of the Marine Corps Marathon, in Washington, D.C. There were butterflies in my stomach and a trash bag over my shoulders. Back home on Long Island, New York, I had done some of the training for my first marathon with local veteran runners. However, I followed only about half their advice--the half I ignored included the part about making sure I had trained sufficiently. Instead, as an overconfident 30-year-old who could easily run a sub-40-minute 10-K, I had tried to cram in long runs like last-minute study sessions for a final exam. I did other stupid things, too. I rode my stationary bike for an hour the morning before the race.
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