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Mommy's first (virtual) marathon

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Hooray Mommy for doing that long race. I don't know how long it was. I forgot where I saw you running but you were running fast. I was holding my sign and my cowbells. I was cheering for you yelling "Go Mommy!" and waving my maroon and gold pom-poms. I knew when you ran under the balloons that you had ran a very long way. Goodbye.  - Marit I had a sign that said, "Go Finish" and Mommy did finish a marathon, 26.2 miles! Mommy got interviewed by TV or newspaper at the end and then we ate pizza and dilly bars. The end.  - Theo For the past 12 weeks, I have "run" alongside over 13,000 runners across the country at part of the Un-canceled Project on Facebook. Despite all our races being canceled, we kept running and shared our COVID19 pandemic stories and ran to earn "bibs" for different races (5k, 8k, 10k, 15k, half marathon, marathon and ultra) every week.  The goal of the Un-canceled project was to complete whatever distance you wanted, wheneve