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Stacy's avatar

I am working on earning my Abbott Six Star Medal by running all six World Marathon Majors. So far I have run New York City and Chicago. I was supposed to run Berlin in 2020 but that has been delayed to this year. After that I will have London, Tokyo, and Boston to complete. I will likely have to run Boston for charity as I am not a fast runner. All of this from the person who claimed to have absolutely no interest in running 26.2. Then I fell victim to the NYC Marathon hype video, lol! We truly are capable of so much more than we think we are. Sometimes one just needs to work their mind a little harder than their body in order to believe.

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Steve Leitschuh's avatar

Even watching NYC Marathon makes me want to run longer and faster...

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Harish's avatar

Stacy, congratulations and go for the honor of completing the 6 majors. Come down to South Africa and run the Cape Town Marathon (7th major!!!). I will be running the Chicago Marathon this year and hopefully will also complete the 6 majors in time.

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Stacy's avatar

I've seen that they are considering adding Cape Town as a WMM. It does look like a great race. Considering how hard it can be to get into London & Tokyo, it may be added before I can get all six, lol! You will love Chicago! It is a great city and and great race.

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Terrell Johnson's avatar

Harish, are you in South Africa? (I've actually visited there, about 15 or so years ago... loved my time there!)

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Harish's avatar

Terrel, I am in South Africa (Johannesburg). I hope your stay here was memorable.

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Terrell Johnson's avatar

It was. I went with a friend and we spent a couple of days in Cape Town, and then drove to Durban, stopping in places like Stellenbosch, Oudtshoorn and Gqeberha along the way. We spent a night in Lesotho as well. It was just a blast.

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Terrell Johnson's avatar

I love all of this, Stacy. And I can relate to falling victim to the NYC Marathon hype -- it's intoxicating, isn't it? Love, love, love this.

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