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at 28 sama Elbe nan was grieving the
death of her mother when she got an
email about the Nova marathon challenge
I decided to run the marathon because I
wanted to do something you know for my
mom a novice at running sama had certain
somewhat unrealistic expectations I
didn't understand that the marathon was
very difficult I thought it would be
something you know oh it's just it's
just the marathon which was kind of
ignorant of me
she learned quickly that it would take
more than just a few practice runs it
was very difficult and it was very
challenging and I felt very unfit I will
smoke her for nine years so you can
imagine how difficult that was for me
and I could not run one whole mile but I
had to stop I had to walk that's when
I'm like I have to quit smoking and take
this serious because it is challenging
if a mile is difficult in 26 will be
very difficult starting the training in
the summer of 2006 sama and the Nova
team had roughly nine months to prepare
every single run was hard for me I had
to push myself and every time I left my
house for you know a run during the week
or every time I had to run with the team
it was very difficult for me
the challenge of running was soon
compounded by a physical injury sama was
forced to drastically cut back her
training my longest run was 16 miles and
it was two weeks before the marathon but
dropping out was not an option with the
memory of her mother motivating her sama
was determined to run the marathon I had
to finish it because I made the promise
to myself and to my family that I will
do that I promise it to my mom you know
and I promise it to my brother and my
sister and there was no turning around I
had to do it so I always told myself
even if I'm not doing well in my
training I will do fine on the marathon
day because it's it's the will its
psychological and unless something goes
wrong with my body I will be able to
finish