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La Marathon Legacy Runners Goal

A LOS ANGELES MARATHON RUNNERS GOAL AS IT GOES INTO OUR HEAD WE BEGIN TO BELIEVE. WE PUT IN ON RECORD SO WE CAN RETRIEVE. SEEING IS BELIEVING AS WE'RE RETRIEVING A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEAD IS WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING. CONCEIVING A THOUGHT GOES BEYOND WHAT WE'RE TAUGHT. IF WE BELIEVE IT IS WHAT WE BOUGHT. IMAGINATION, HAS IT'S OWN WAY. JUST IMAGINE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. THEN REALIZE THE VISION AND GO OUT AND PLAY. A MARATHON HAS 26 MILES ALONG THE WAY THERE ARE PLENTY OF SMILES FOR SOME OF US IT'S LAST A WHILE. LEGACY RUNNERS ARE REAL AND LEGIT WE STRUGGLE, WE FINISH, WE REFUSE TO QUIT. ALL BECAUSE THE FUSE WAS LIT. BUT AS THE YEARS FLY BYE BEFORE OUR EYES WE STOP AND ASK THE QUESTION WHY. THIS CREATES A MOMENT TO SMILE. OUR IMAGINATION WAS RUNNING WILD. RUNNING FREE IS OUR STYLE. ACCOLADES BECAME A PILE OF MEMORIES THAT LAST AWHILE. WHAT ONCE WAS A THOUGHT THAT WE CONCEIVED HAS TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. ANOTHER MARATHON A FEW MORE MILES ANOTHER FINISH A FEW MORE SMILES 50 YEARS WILL SOON ARRIVE. I PRAY TO GOD WE'RE STILL ALIVE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO STRIVE. I THANK THE LORD FOR BEING ALIVE. Michael E. Harris 07132022

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