You don’t truly appreciate how far 26 miles is until you get to mile 16…and then realize you still have to run TEN. MORE. MILES.- Papercuts have nothing on achey toenails as one of the worst kinds of pain.
- Miles 20-26 will always be, in that moment, the most painful experience of your life.
- Those last 385 yards are evil – but not as evil as that set of stairs in your house.
- You know exactly what people are doing when they duck into the woods at mile 5 and you don’t care. At mile 6 you consider doing the same thing.
- Compression socks are worth their weight in gold.
- There’s never been a better excuse to eat a bacon cheeseburger sandwiched between two honey buns.
- You read about a man who completed a marathon dressed as a bottle of beer and you immediately question his sanity. You then vow to do more speed training when you realize he still finished faster than you.
- The post-marathon shower in a trailer is better than any you could take in a 5-star spa.
- Marathons are hard. That’s good because if they were easy you wouldn’t get to listen to everyone tell you how crazy you are.
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