Saturday morning found Mark Kirsch and me tired and and a bit "hobbled"! I was wondering if there was enough left in "my tank" to finish the last 14+ mile stretch!
But I also recalled my days competing in track and field in college. I often had my best performances when I felt this way.
It was another beautiful day and we started out with some new additions....Mary Grace Guarino, a friend from SWCS and Karo Tamang a refugee from Nepal, now living in Erie, and Mark's wife Paula.
We felt great the first half, actually logging faster mile times than the previous 2 days! We stopped for lunch at the junction of I-90 and The Bay Front Connector. Our path now would take us along the footpath which wound through the woods along the road. It was a great trail and we didn't have to worry about traffic.
Action News 24 from Erie, caught up with us about a mile from the finish and after a brief break we headed up 26th street toward The Institute.
About a 1/4 mile from the finish....I thought I saw a group of people standing around up ahead and as we approached it was a large group of refugees from The Institute who had come out to welcome us.
Mark and I were overcome with emotion! At finishing this 3 day goal and at the wonderful reception!
Neither one of us wanted it to end! It was not only "a long walk" but a total Mind/Body....Spiritual Experience!
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