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Race Report: Fargo Half + Grandma's Marathon

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"Are you done having kids so you can focus on running now?"   That was an interesting question I received this year though the long distance running thing has been happening for 15 years - before, during all the pregnancies, babies/post-babies seasons, and continues now. :) The iceberg picture below is one of my favorites to illustrate any "thing" that a person is working towards and then recently I read this quote that brings it all together: "When you finally break through the Plateau of Latent Potential, people will call it an overnight success. The outside world sees the most dramatic event rather than all that preceded it. But you know that it's the work you did long ago - when it seemed that you weren't making any progress - that makes the jump today possible." - James Clear, "Atomic Habits" There isn't really anything fancy about this running journey. Just lots and lots of consistency, a pretty substantial injury years ago, m...