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"I thought why this, why me, and why now."
 
 
  Rob Bryce
  Red Deer,
  Alberta
  May 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 
 I had been running 5-10 km 3 days a week during my lunch hour with a group of runners for the past couple of years as a way of staying in shape. I had never had any ambition to run a marathon until one day, discussion during one of our runs was about a couple of my co-runners and their marathon plans for the year. Eventually, I would find myself at a Marathon in Red Deer, Alberta.


I bought a new pair of running shoes and followed a plan for 3 ½ months. As I increased my mileage each week I went through pain in almost every part of my legs from my feet to shin splints, knees and groin.

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