Friday, October 19th
1100 Miles, 17 Hours
Medford, MA to Hamilton, ON and back
No running.
Saturday, October 20th
7:30 PM - 9 Miles, 62 min
Winchester
Due to recent events, I decided to postpone today's workout til tomorrow. I was pretty useless today for anything that required energy so I just mustered enough to get through work and an easy distance run. Hopefully I'll have recovered a little more tomorrow.
The last couple of days have been very tough for me, both physically and mentally. Even though the drive was a struggle and I sacrificed several hours of sleep, I am so glad I decided to make the trip to Ontario. It was definitely something I felt I needed to do for Marina, for her family, her friends, and for myself. It was certainly a roller coaster of emotions throughout the day as I was surrounded by so many loving people and so many wonderful memories, but also having to deal with the harsh reality of what we'd just lost. It's hard to explain how I felt as there were feelings at all ends of the spectrum. However, I do remember a point when I was sitting at the reception dinner with some of Marina's family and a few of the volleyball girls. I remember laughing and smiling with them as we recalled stories and I remember feeling generally happy. Everyone there loved Marina so much and as we each shared our memories of her with one another, that love was passed around as easily as Marina passed it along to everyone in her life. I am still grieving this loss but I certainly left Hamilton feeling better than when I arrived and just feeling so thankful for Marina's impact on my life. I'll conclude this post with a croatian phrase that I was able to learn from Marina's aunt at yesterdays dinner...
Mi Valimo Marinu
"We love Marina"
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