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As your training integrates Mind, Body and Spirit, enjoy the process. Your journey to the marathon finish will last a few hours. Your journey to the start will influence a lifetime.Gina Greenlee
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Advice of all kinds from experienced marathoners can sweep you away. Your training, reading and racing will expand your network and everyone has a story — the best shoes, clothes, energy foods. Don’t second-guess yourself or your process. Be friendly, act on advice that feels right for you and leave the rest.Gina Greenlee
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The trip changed all that. Stirring the murk of a life ill-fitting, Something More was perceptible though without name or form. Something More was the genesis of a map, not one handed to me but rendered with each step taken, a skill seasoned by a cruise gone bad.Gina Greenlee
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Large bodies of goal achievement research encourage written goals for good reason. When we write down our goals, we transform what we imagine into reality.Gina Greenlee
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Body follows mind. If the mind compares itself to others this could lead to overtraining. Tune out what other runners do and how fast they run. Tune in, instead, to how your body wants to increase speed and distance.Gina Greenlee
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This is your first marathon. Possibly, you’ll want it to be your last. Focus on future races draws energy from the one in front of you. Like the mileage that comprises them, train for marathons one at a time.Gina Greenlee
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Opportunity to suspend disbelief is often why we watch movies. The stories and images touch us and shift perspectives in ways we may not allow in our daily lives. As readily as you check your “this isn’t real” attitude at the ticket counter — when transformers are defending earth against aliens and 21st century vampires frolic by daylight — on the big screen of your heart and mind train for, run and celebrate finishing your first marathon.Gina Greenlee