100BEFORE40

39 - Gift of the Givers Township Marathon - Eldorado Park, South Africa, 25 February 2018 After completing the KIX Senshu International Marathon, I promised to go and play with “other children” at the Gift of the Givers Township Marathon. Honestly, it was just a promise. One that I was not sure I would keep. I had not even registered for the race. I also did not know if there would be late entries on race day. But you know how runners roll. We make decisions on the go when it comes to running matters. You just dream it up and find a way of turning it into reality. As the week progressed, I was not sure that I would be able to run the Township Marathon and kept a very low profile. I didn’t even tell my wife that I would follow through on the promise and run the Township Marathon. Photo - Malepe Makgaka I spent the day before the Township Marathon wondering whether to go to the race or not. Finally, just before I went to sleep, I put together my running stuff, getting

"What's yours is ours" moment. I couldn't really argue with that😜😜😜 38 - KIX Senshu International Marathon, Osaka, Japan, 18 February 2018 Since the running bug caught up with me in 2014, I have not been able to shake it off. I have not tried to shake it off. I do not want to shake it off. I have let it settle and dictate where I go, what I do and when. While I was preparing for my trip to Athens for the Athens Marathon. The Authentic, it occurred to me that completing 100 marathons before I turn 40 is not a destination, but a journey. I need to enjoy and celebrate every part of the journey, rather than the wait to celebrate upon completion of my 100th marathon. The 100BEFORE40 challenge is like war. You celebrate each battle and ground gained until you win the war. With this in mind,  I decided to make the journey more exciting. Wild as it is, I decided to try running at least a marathon on every continent as part of the defining aspects of the 100BEFORE40

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