One year I ran the MDI Marathon as a warm up for faster course Philly or CIM.  However, a loved one of mine did not realize it was a warm up for a faster course and had a party betting on me like a horse with an awful group of people, and was livid that I had not run a sub 3 Marathon.  MDI is one of the most difficult courses in the country and is really like a 30 mile feeling course.  It really disrupted my life to be punished if you will, and it was inappropriate to say the least.  So my advice is to never bet on a runner like a race horse, especially under 24 with one of the most difficult courses in the country for the Marathon distance.  It is kind of a funny story like the mommy dearest movie, I wish my grandpa lived until I am finished with my grad degrees that I started college at fifteen to eventually have…😼

Love this book, and reading on my parents deck.