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Eric—
Hi. Well, it’s almost here, the end of this long deployment. Of all the times I thought, “how will I feel when he comes home?” or “wonder what I’m gonna want to say in that last letter,” I never really knew what I know now, in this moment.
Right now, I am simply proud.
Here are some thoughts from a dear friend. You’d never know that, in 1998, she ran a 3:01:30 at the California International Marathon and took 35th place among the females. At the Marine Corps Marathon in 2005, she helped the Army team take first place in the Armed Forces Team Competition.
Happy Memorial Day? No; that isn’t right. In the words of a good former boss of mine, MAJ U, “Words mean things.”
There was a time that I didn’t understand why some spouses were dead-set against joining their FRG, until I experienced it firsthand.
he weather is breaking, and now it’s time to think about you fitness goals. Where do you want to be in the next 60 days?
In the last 30 days, I have worked on what I refer to as “mental toughness.” I don’t use physical toughness because if I had it, then my running pace per mile would be faster and easier. I have completed two marathons and a 10-miler. The only preparation was mental, as the weekly mileage was not more than 30 miles and there were only two long runs of 15 miles each.
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