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Just run-Metric Marathon 2016

--> Today I participated in the Metric Marathon.   I purposely chose this race to be the last official event of my season.   I wanted to test myself mentally and physically.   The course showed no mercy.   I was humbled by it once again.   The last time I ran this course was in 1999 and today I remembered why.   The hills were unforgiving. Take no prisoners.   The field was small. Limited to a few outsiders, like me, and members of the local running club.   It was well organized, but definitely not for the faint of heart.   Everyone was so wonderfully kind and cordial.   It was the best medicine for me today.   After the divisiveness in the news this past week, I need to just run.   I needed the fresh air. I needed to feel free from all the political rhetoric. I needed to be free from the labels and identify as “the runner.”   The running community is one that I enjoy very much. In the new world of “Garmin,” everyone is truly running their own race.   It is the o