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Entry number: 347503

Dear Thao Nguyen,

We have received your guaranteed entry to the ING New York City Marathon 2009.

Awesome! All of those Sat & Sun mornings, dragging myself out of bed to run and volunteer paid off. It’s official, if all goes well by Nov 1st, then I’ll be running and hopefully finishing 26.2 miles. I kind of want to pass out just thinking about it.

Now I just need to round up some supportive friends to cheer me on.

I hope that it doesn’t rain this year. So far, the major physical events that I’ve done have been rained on (Hamptons Half Marathon and TD 5 borough bike tour).

This is going to be exciting and challenging. Just 2-3 years ago, I wouldn’t have thought about doing this. But after working at the water station and seeing the diverse group of runners from all walks of life, all over the country do the marathon, I’m pretty sure I could do it too.

The rain barely let up all morning but I made it in under 3hours! The most I had run before this was a 10k. It was tough but after finishing, it’s a wonderful feeling. Seeing and hugging your friends at the finish line was great.

Gotta thank my friends Angela and Mary, their support really helped me near the end. :)

Did five miles with Angela today in Astoria Park. Simone was there too but she only did 1 1/2 mile which wasn’t bad for her first time. Slowly building up to 10k, then half marathon then marathon.