| | First, I must pose a question: If the original marathoner (Phidippides) died from running 26 miles straight- who thought it would be a good idea to turn this into a regular sporting event? With that question out of the way I will assure you that neither I, nor any of my counterparts (April, Christie & Virginia) died today. We did have a rockin' time, and were amazingly stiff afterwards.
My time was a little higher than I was hoping for, but not bad for a novice (3:48:54-unofficial). I really gunned the first 18 miles (relaive to my abilities), and struggled heavily from there. I really wanted to quit around mile 20, but decided I worked too hard to give up.
It was really an exciting event. There were fire works at the beginning, with LOTS of yelling. There were a lot of traditional Korean drums played along the route. We even had our own fan club (Jaci, Sally & Kirsten)- they were awesome! In general most people were very encouraging, and some runners even dressed in "unique" outfits.
With all that said I am confident of this: I will never run another marathon.
Way too happy before the race:
FYI: Approximately 23,000 people ran the Seoul International Marathon this year:  Spiderman even made an appearance:  Our awesome fan club:  This is earlier in the race (i.e. before I thought I was going to die):  My #1 fan!:  Me & the TCIS Marathon Team (Christie, Me, April, Virginia):  The whole crew (Kirsten, Christie, Me, Jaci, April, Virginia, Sally): 
It's finally over!
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. All that hard work paid off, and you met your goal. I'm sure it has been an amazing lesson in perseverance. It reminds me of this verse...Philippians 3:12-14....press on toward the goal
