Emily Ailts, Colin Downes, and Marie Rigaud – who work together at Event Management – have been putting in some additional hours outside of Columbia: training for the New York City marathon. They all recently crossed the finish line of the New York City Marathon in Central Park.
Throughout the course of their training, they motivated each other by sharing new spots to run, entering a half-marathon together, and checking in at work about their progress.
On marathon day, though they were separated by differing assigned start times and engulfed within the large crowds, they took some solace in knowing they were not alone. “It was comforting to have people to lean on for advice as a first-time marathoner,” said Colin Downes. “Especially day of, knowing that in a sea of over 55,000 runners I at least knew a couple of them.”
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