Well, the Raleigh marathon weekend is over, and if you follow me on instagram, you may have seen how it went: I didn’t reach my 3:50 goal, and I almost broke 4 hours but not quite. It was hot and it was a tough, hilly course. I need another day or two to gather my thoughts about it all before posting, so for now I am going to leave it at that. Instead, I thought I would break things up for this post by answering some ... Read the Post...
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