“Boston...To a non-runner that could mean East Coast, Paul Revere, Celtics, Red Sox, Clam Chowder, but to a runner it means Marathon. Not just a marathon, but The Marathon.
What is it about The Boston Marathon that challenges us to strive to achieve to be the best we can be? My theory is it's the Unicorn. The symbol of The Boston Marathon is a unicorn, okay that's cool and I guess better than a rabbit or a turtle, but a unicorn isn't even an actual animal. Nor does mythology praise any traits of speed or endurance in a unicorn. What a unicorn does represent is the ideal of something that can never be caught. In the pursuit of the unicorn athletic competitors can approach excellence even if they can never achieve it.”
~Dan Daly, a Chicago resident and runner
I know I run like a girl! Try to keep up!
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