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thank you, random stranger →

This was waiting in my Google Reader this morning and all of the comments made me think about my own “thank you, random stranger” moments. 

Two that stand out:

Around mile 10.5 of my first half marathon, a disheveled woman was standing at one of the intersections and yelled “you inspire me!” I gave her a look of utter tiredness/disbelief and she said “really, you do.” And then I found the energy to start passing some people.

Chicago marathon, mile 20ish. Jason was faithfully cheering on runners from the sidelines, but he joined our no-longer-so-merry band of Tumblrs and trudged along with us for a few miles despite his own injuries.

Oh, and then there’s the entire Internet in Chicago. So thank you, all of you former random strangers.

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  1. buildingothersup said: In the 10-miler last weekend a woman was cheering near the end and was yelling “see! I promised I wouldn’t leave you guys. I’m here cheering for you”. It was Awesome!!
  2. otterdoeslife reblogged this from becky-balances and added:
    I have no random strangers to thank, other than the people lining the streets and cheering and all the volunteers who...
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