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I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.

Marathons don't come to you overnight.

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

In the marathon anything can happen.

Health is your greatest wealth, so experiencing a marathon and seeing what you're capable of is really special.

Marathons are good training goals.

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.