Life as a Marathon, Not a Short Sprint
Melissa and Paul Melkonian
Today, my friends Melissa and Paul Melkonian finished 26.2 miles worth of New York City terrain. They’re probably some of the most adventurous and confident people I’ve ever known. Anyone willing to start from Staten Island, across Sunset Park in Brooklyn, around Hunters Point in Queens, through Roosevelt Island, up and down the hilly Upper East Side and Harlem, into the track-laden cement of the South Bronx, and finishing around Central Park in hopeful celebration has to be. Semi-notables like Al Roker and Jared Fogle of Subway fame ran alongside the 30,000 or so participants. Yet, those who participated and finished the race all become celebrities for the day.
These runners teach us a great lesson: life isn’t an short sprint, but a marathon.
Melissa told me this awesome finish wasn’t awesome until it was over. She somehow