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Brendalu

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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2009, 05:16:14 am »
Great pictures, Patrick!!  I'm sure you will finish the entire marathon to celebrate your 50th!  Finishing the half is a major accomplishment!  Congratulations, again!!  Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2009, 07:07:06 am »
WHAT A FEAT ! !   Way to go !!!!  & not even 6 months post op ! ! 
Always good thoughts,  Nancy
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Mickey

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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2009, 09:26:59 am »
Thats teriffic!  Gives everyone alot of hope! Keep up the good work, very special, Mickey
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2009, 09:55:26 am »
Patrick,
Congratulations on an amazing accomplishment and great pictures too.  I have to agree that with your wife!  She is obviously a very smart lady!  Keep on keepin' on!

Best wishes,
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2009, 11:15:10 am »
Patrick,

I think the pictures are great!  Now anytime you are having a bad day, you can look back at those and remember what a great thing you accomplished!

You may have been too tired to lift your arms at the finish line, but if it were me there, I'd be face down on the pavement at about the one mile point!

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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2009, 11:24:18 am »
And it would have NOTHING to do with a bottle of red wine.. honest.  ;)

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lori67

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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2009, 11:28:15 am »
You mean to tell me you're NOT supposed to drink a bottle of wine before running a marathon?

Well, that explains it then.   :D

Lori
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2009, 11:31:40 am »
Heck, I always thought you drank the wine WHILE running a marathon..  Who knew??  ;)

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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2009, 01:37:49 pm »
As a matter of fact, I did major damage to a bottle of Argentina Malbec(red wine) later that evening after the run....the only time I got off the couch was to get a refiill! Thanks for all the kind words.

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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2009, 02:30:49 pm »
Hey Patrick
Those pics are great and you look strong and determined.  Did I ever tell you that after my half, they served the runners hot buttered pierogies?  It sounds awful but after 12 plus miles in the cold November rain, those suckers went down pretty quickly!  The wine came later of course.
Congrats again.
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #25 on: January 23, 2009, 03:18:03 pm »
Marci, I have to admit that I didn't know what pierogies were until I just looked it up. In my job I travel a lot to South America and it sounds like pierorgies are similar to empanadas(that are served in several countries down there....I do love those). At the Houston Marathon, they had a free beer stand at mile 12(or mile 25 for the full Marathon)....free beer is something I wouldn't normally pass up, but I was afraid if I stopped for that, I'd never finish the last mile.

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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #26 on: January 23, 2009, 03:35:33 pm »
That is so funny.  Beer during a marathon!  Of course, a beer marathon is another thing entirely...  :D
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #27 on: January 23, 2009, 04:09:19 pm »
Well, maybe they should put the beer at the very end - that might encourage more people (myself included) to actually finiish!   Chocolate would be a good motivator too.

Lori
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #28 on: January 25, 2009, 07:13:02 am »
Congrats Patrick!  What an accomplishment!  Makes me kinda think I should stop making excuses and start getting more physical once I'm up to it.  You are such an inspiration to me!!!
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Re: Goal accomplished!
« Reply #29 on: January 25, 2009, 11:51:14 am »
Patrick,

Congratulations on finishing the half marathon!  It is quite an impressive accomplishment. 

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