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My last turn about 12.5 miles in I knew that it was doneโฃ
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๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ โฃ
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I knew that this former chubby kid had accomplished what he probably thought was impossible. โฃ
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This goal that even my parents questioned if I should sign up was done โฃ
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This goal that I had been training for months for but in some ways , I trained a lifetime for it was completed โฃ
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After a flat tire on my bike on mile 22/56 , after knee cramp after knee cramp from starting the run to finishing. It was done. โฃ
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Growing up a chubby kid, constantly falling behind on physical activities this was a big moment..
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This race taught me 2 very valuable lessons โฃ
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1. F๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต, ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ท๐ถ-๐ธ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฃ๐ด. ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. โฃ
2. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ถ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ โ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏโ. ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. โฃ
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1lb at a time โฃ
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1 mile at a time โฃ
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1 workout a time โฃ
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๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โฃ
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Love yโall and appreciate the support throughout this journey!