Race: the Avenue of the Giants full marathon
Date: May 2nd 2010
I’ve had the idea of running a marathon since the first time I met Craig Peterson, a big fellow I met at the San Jose Landmark Education center. Craig was sharing his running experiences. 6 feet 5, 220 lb, being in his late 30s, if not older, Craig has run 30+ marathons, including some Iron Man races.
It struck me hard because I have always had this concern that I cannot be a runner since I’m tall (6 feet), and don’t have strong knees (thanks to basketball). I’ve been keeping the idea of marathon very well under my interest radar. But when Craig stood in front of me, I couldn’t help but thinking, “There is got to be a way for me to do it without hurting myself”
But then I didn’t know Craig that much and I didn’t feel comfortable declaring that I’m going to do it so I said nothing and time went passing by. Until one day this January 2010, I finally mustered enough courage to go up to him saying, “Hey Craig, I want to run a marathon this year. Could you give me some advice?” He was lit up and asked me which one I wanted to run. I had no idea. So he started to list out all the marathons in the north-Cal and he especially mentioned the one in Humboldt in May. Right at that moment, the possibility of running the race was so present to me, as if I could already see myself doing it. A couple of weeks later, I registered to that race online and officially started my training.
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