I awoke to a shining sun. I checked my watch and it was time. As I got out of bed, my phone blinked with a final update, courtesy of MapMyRun:
Race: ING New York City Marathon (26.2 miles). This is it -- congratulations on completing the training program.
But Sunday was no longer about the NYC Marathon. Not directly, anyway. It was about the runners -- who had trained and focused on a singular goal for weeks on end -- turning their attention to a greater need. To ...
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