I know it is well past the time you wrote the OP but I wanted you to know that reading your blog helped me to finish my first HM. I also had been sick a few weeks before the race and the weekend before the “big one” I flew to Louisville to run in a Susan Komen 5k with some friends. I came home exhausted and doubting I could complete my race. Well, I went out there and did it and it was great!!! Thanks for your post.

Congratulations to you and all of your team for running! My wife and I’ve been thinking about taking on a half marathon, but haven’t yet. After reading your story, we’re motivated more (or again). How do you like that Garmin Forerunner?

Bryan

Congratulations to you! I just got back to running yesterday. I only ran three miles, but it felt GREAT!

Kind regards,

Mike

Congratulations on finishing the half. A while back you issued a challenge to your readers to sign up for the half. I took you up on that challenge even though I’m in Minnesota.

Happy to report that I finished the St. Cloud Half on April 21. It’s always a great feeling to set those goals and rise to the challenge.

Again, congratulations.

Chris
Big Lake, MN

I really look up to you as a role model for the type of business person I want to be once I leave college and enter the business world. You give wonderful advice and I think any student should hear before leaving school.

Last year I took the time to train for a marathon and I almost felt like I was wasting my time on a frivolous thing like running even though I enjoyed it and I knew I was improving my health. To know a CEO will even take the time to train for a distance race really helps enforce that health is important enough to make the time for.

I wasn’t sure if I would do the training again this year to try to improve my time (I did my first half marathon in Nov. 2006 and my first marathon in Feb. 2007 so I’m new at this, also!), but I’m 90% sure I’ll go for it again, especially after seeing your success.

As a note, after any run over 20 miles, you look at the half’s and think “Oh, cool, a short run!” ^_^

Since you’ve started running, I’ve been following your progress. I work in publishing too (Harlequin) and have completed 10 marathons, many of them at something close to your 12-minute mile. Although we’ve never met, our common interests and your wonderfully thoughtful posts about management make me feel like I know you.

Thanks for sharing your ups and downs so openly. I look forward to hearing about your continued success on the roads and elsewhere.

Happy running,
Tamara

Like a previous poster, I stumbled across your blog a month or so ago and also enjoy your postings on leadership and personal development. As an avid reader of books from the Christian living genre and a fellow runner, I have found your posts encouraging.

Congratulations on finishing the Country Music Half Marathon. The race holds special meaning for me as well, because in 2002, the Country Music Half Marathon was the first road race I completed. Since then, I’ve gotten hooked on running these events.

Congratulations my friend. What an accomplished given your recent bout with Bronchitis. So happy for you and thanks again for inspiring others by your life, and leadership.

Philip Rothschild