Commence Toil and Injury!

I am excited to be able to announce that Heather and I have registered for the ING Georgia Marathon.

Garrett, you say in a polite-but-condescending manner. A marathon is like twenty miles. You generally have to stop and catch your breath after pumping gas. How can you expect to complete such a feat without collapsing into a coma 100 yards in? First of all,we’re doing a half marathon, which is a paltry 13.1 miles, and second, we have a plan. We’re actually training nearly every day and doing increasingly-longer weekend jaunts so that by the end of March, we’ll be ready to at least walk the full 13 miles.

I can’t promise that I’ll do it very fast, but I will make it the full distance. I just need to find out if they’ll let me bring my iPod.

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The Route


4 Responses to “Commence Toil and Injury!”

  1. chase



    its on the 25th? So we should be at the finish line to congratulate you when? the 30th?

  2. Garrett



    The finish line??? Ha, you’re optimistic.

  3. Audacity



    Good luck! I think it’s great that you’re at least trying..

  4. Garrett M. Vonk



    3:13:34…

    We finished. Heather and I crossed the finish line on Sunday at 10:25:44 AM. Our time of 3:13:34 was by no means remarkable, but we had a really incredible time doing it and I’m proud of us just for finishing.

    The day started early Sunday at …

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