Why Alyssa and I are running another marathon

Why??? Are you crazy???

That is the question. Why would Alyssa and I do another marathon so soon after the Marathon from Hell?

There are some good reasons for us to do the Clearwater Marathon on Jan 19th. At least we think so.

REASON #1- FREE
We had a free race coming after the Halloween Halfathon in 2012 where we didn't receive medals until later in the mail. We received a sincere apology AND a complimentary race from the race director (unexpected and very kind) to any of their events, so we naturally chose a marathon.

REASON #2- HAS TO BE BETTER THAN THE LAST
This race can't possibly be worse than the Marathon from Hell.

REASON #3- PHYSICALLY, SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT
We're pretty trained up already.

REASON #4- COURSE WE CAN HANDLE
The course is mostly flat (and we believe them) with a few bridges and spectacular views.

REASON #5- A CHANCE TO CATCH UP
This is probably our last big race together for quite a while. We'll be staying together the whole time chatting, which I always love.

That about sums it up. Otherwise, yeah, we're insane and we know it.

But most of all, we love each other like sisters!
Here are some training pics from one of my long runs (15 miles). Some of it was on the beach. It was a beautiful day.

It's really hard to see, but there's a woodpecker on the front of the tree near the top
Here you can see the woodpecker's silhouette. I love how this pic turned out.

Ready to finish (the goal!) on Sunday.

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