The Story
It all started on a Friday morning in March. On a 5 am run to be specific. I was running with a group of girls and we were talking about birthdays. One girl told us she was turning 40 in September (like me). She said she was looking for a marathon to run on her 40 th birthday. That’s cool . I thought, but I have run marathons . Six, to be exact. Run 40 miles on my 40 th birthday , popped into my head...I quickly dismissed it. Then, for the next mile or so, I had to think about it. A few minutes later, I said it out loud, “Maybe I’ll run 40 miles on my 40 th birthday.” That could be cool, but I really wasn’t sure I could or would do it. Later that afternoon, I was still thinking about the 40 miles so I googled it and saw I was not the only [crazy] person to think about doing this. I read a few blogs about people that did this. I saw someone dedicated each mile for each year of life to a person (or people) or an event. I liked that idea. I got a text from a friend (Beth Lu...