Diane Bier's Blog

RE: NYC Marathon - The Finish

Christine K. Donovan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:47:13 GMT

Hi Diane,

I am so glad you finished the race. I am so proud of you, and all of the other Team McGraw members. Congratulations!

Yes, I agree, I think Team McGraw is like family. And once you participate in a race, you are always a part of this family. I am so thankful to have participated in Nashville, and I am planning on doing it again next April. My goal is to run the entire race. But if I don't that's ok, as long as I cross the finish line safely, that is what is important. Time does not matter.

Take care, and rest up. You have trained so hard these past few months, let your body rest.

I hope we can meet sometime in the future at a Team McGraw Event. I look forward to meeting you and your husband. In the meantime, I enjoy reading your blogs, and comments on the Active site.

Christine

RE: What do you think about on those long runs??? - September 19, 2008

Diane Bier — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:31:25 GMT

Hi Kevin,

I couldn't agree more! When my legs start to hurt, I think about all they have to endure and it gives me strength to keep going. On those long runs, it's easy to say, my legs hurt, to whine, etc. and before you know it, you've talked yourself out of running! When my feet/legs hurt, I immediately start to think of the people that we run for and it gives me the strenght to keep on running. There's this one gentelman last year in our support group who had 96 hours of chemo. I kept thinking that if Henry can deal with 96 hours (4 days) chemo straight, then I could run for 4 hours. It still gets me through. Henry still comes to the meetings! The heros that we run for are amazing.

Diane

RE: What do you think about on those long runs??? - September 19, 2008

kevin leathers — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:15:35 GMT

Diane

Towards the end of my run today i was really thinking about the Chicago Marathon in 14 days. How would i do? Am i ready? How much will it hurt? But before i knew it i was focused on the rest of Team McGraw. How was everyone's training? Is everyone training smart? Are they raising lots of money? As my legs began to get heavy i drew inspiration from the heroes that we run to honor. When i think of how hard some of their days can be i quit whining about my sore foot.

YGB

Kevin