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Johnson Crane Marathon, 2018

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The rules are the rules...

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The Goodie Bag... 35 - AEL Milling Mielie Marathon, Welkom, South Africa - 20 January 2018 On 31 December 2017, while I was “taking stock” of my 17 Marathons for 2017 medals, my daughter, Kami, asked me if I was going to run 18 marathons in 2018. I told her that I had initially challenged myself to run 18 marathons in 2018, 19 marathons in 2019 and the list goes on, but I now had other ideas. Instead of fixing the number of marathons at 18, the 2018 challenge was to run at least 18 marathons. In other words, the goal was to run as many marathons as I could, provided they were at least 18. This marked the birth of the AtLeast18MarathonsFor2018 challenge. Missing the Prison to Prison Marathon 2017 because of a delayed flight reminded me not to leave things for the last minute. The Prison to Prison Marathon was the last marathon on my list for 2017. It was scheduled for 9 December. Missing this race put the 17 marathons for 2017 challenge into serious jeopardy. Luckily, there