I Survived!

(Photo: Me, Liv, Stef & Steve at the Marathon Starting Line)

:Enter Gloria Gaynor & dramatic piano music:

At first I was afraid,
I was petrified,
Kept thinking I could never run Hopkinton to BC without owning a Garmin two-oh-five,
I spent all last night just hoping Friday's weather forecast would be so wrong
With Steve, Liv & Stef by my side, I grew strong
Oh I'm thankful the four of us get along!

Right after Ashland,
We found our pace,
When I called that oblivious chick driver in Wellesley Center: "B!tch!"
- Oh if only you could have seen her face,
I should not have made us play that stupid ABC game,
But Stef's Dairy Queen was the perfect Q,
It got me through a lot of our long run
And so did my Mint Chocolate Gu

From Hopkinton we did go,
Man, Framingham was a bore,
The 10-15mph headwinds from there through Wellesley were trying to tell us:
"You're not welcome anymore",
Mother Nature's rain starting at Mile 15 was her attempt at getting us to say goodbye
Did she think we'd crumble?
Did she think I'd get on the train at Woodland, quit & cry?
Oh no not I

I will survive
Oh as long as I put down my left foot and then my right
I knew I'd make it to that church by BC alive
To my muscles, after 21.7 miles, please forgive
For the Dana-Farber patients, my love I give
I will survive
I will survive
Hey Hey!

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
after twenty miles I was tempted to walk
up the hill that broke Johnny Kelley's heart
And I spent a moment reminding myself
that my Auntie Nancy's memory is why I am here
I refused to cry
Instead I held my head up high.

April 21st, you'll see me
Still smiling too
I don't care what Coach Jack says,
that downhill by Grossman's...I'm in love with you
Having my mom drive by us in Wellesley
made me oh-so happy
As did the cargo train honkin'
Thanks to Liv's creativity!

I will survive!
Oh as long as I put my left foot in front of my right
I knew I'd make it to that church by BC alive
To my muscles, after 21.7 miles, please forgive
For the Dana-Farber patients, my love I give
I will survive
Yes, I DID survive!
Hey hey!

(Photo: The four of us after our last long run before 4/21...
It's Taper Time!)

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Stats:
Miles: 21.7
Avg. Minutes/Mile: 9:03
Mint Chocolate Gu's Consumed: 4
Ginger Chews Consumed: 6
Letters Satisfactorily Completed in the ABC Game: 42
Horns that Beeped at us to Cheer us on: 6 (including my amazing mother & a cargo train)
Smiles upon reaching the Church at the BC T-Stop: 4

Bring on the Taper! April 21st Cannot Come Soon Enough!!!