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 Both of you (Olivia and Lisa) put on your life lists that you wanted to run the Nike half marathon.  I thought I would share my experience with you: In 2005 I attended a meeting for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's marathons with a friend of mine (I went for moral support; I am not a runner by any means and had no intentions of signing up).  Once they talk to you and show you how your dedication of running can help all of these people with the disease, you cannot possibly say no.  So there I was, a non-runner training for a half-marathon (I was living in New York at the time and our race was slated for Lake Placid).  I became a running machine, running after work, in the dark through ice and snow storms, because you're doing it for other people who are counting on you to cross that finish line.  I finished my race (the last 4 miles were all up hill and a killer!) and I cannot tell you the feeling I had afterwards. Sometimes I think back to it (even though it wasnt even 3...
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