I ran a marathon. Not something I ever would have imagined saying, but here we are! So here's my experience. It all started with a friend of ours from the MBA. One Monday, Alastair noticed that he looked extra tired. He looked dead during class and he was taking naps during breaks. Alastair asked why he was so tired and he said that he ran a marathon. Now, prior to running a marathon, our friend had never really run before. But he trained enough to finish a marathon. Alastair was intrigued. He thought, "if my friend could run a marathon, I bet I could." Alastair signed up for his first marathon in Geneva, trained for one month, finished the marathon with a good time, and he was hooked. And he is so good at it. I swear, Alastair is a whole other level of awesome; he is always so good at everything he does! He had a go at a triathlon in the summer (not his best) and then ran a half marathon in Bilbao. Now, this is where I come in. We drove to Bilbao, which w