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Happy Chicago Marathon Day! Two years ago right now I was walking from my hotel to the corrals not having slept more than a few minutes, as nervous as I've ever been in my life. For cause: I'd developed bursitis in my left hip while training, and had to quit running about six weeks prior.

11/10/26, 12:13 pm0 reposts10 likes

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John Scholvin

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My doctor and trainer advised me to shut it down. A cortisone shot didn't work, so only rest could heal it. I'd followed the training plan to that point, and everyone agreed even with a month and a half off, I should be fit enough to finish if the hip didn't take me out.

John Scholvin

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The hip felt OK, and as the minutes to the gun ticked down, nerves faded into resolution. Nothing I could do now but run until I couldn't anymore, and hopefully that would be no less than 26.2 down the road.

John Scholvin

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Would the hip hold out? Would some other malady keep me from the finish line? I wrote about it afterwards. scholvin.com/posts/2024/1...

scholvin.com26.2I knew it was hopeless. At 3:15, I reached up to turn on the little halogen lights in the headboard, then reached over to pick up my phone and turn off the alarm. 5:00 would get here soon enough. That...

Susan Smentek

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You did it! I can’t even imagine doing that. My bro in law just ran Minneapolis marathon again!

John Scholvin

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Really glad I did it. But never again!