Riot and Frolic

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

The Case for a Marathon – In Honor of Boston

I am not a very successful marathoner.  Yes, I finished one…  "Finished" being the key word… Not "ran".

Nevertheless, after completing that marathon, I was pretty sure I wanted to do another one.

And now I'm sure.

Because finish lines should look like this:

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Or this:

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Not like… well, you know.

I want to run another marathon because there's so many good people in the world.

Because it's a marathon (if you've done one, you know).

Because it sucks to be scared (of failure or life in general).

Because I'm so angry.

Because of all the people who were supporting, finishing, and volunteering in Boston 9 days ago.  

Because I want to run across the finish line at 4:09:23 and shatter my first result and my fear.  

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