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I signed up for the Steamtown Marathon this morning. I originally had planned to run it in 2009, but when I was laid off in the spring of that year I scrapped my plans and poured all of my energies into finding a new job. It was a hard year. In many ways, I felt like I had let my wife and kids down, that I'd failed them. My weekly exercise dwindled to nothing; I slept little. Then for the seven months I worked at a temporary job I was lucky to exercise at all. I had lost 80 pounds through yoga and running in 2003--I felt even more depressed when some of the weight, no doubt caused by long commutes and stress, began to creep back. Fast forward to 2011. I just marked my year anniversary at my new place of employment, and I love my new job more than I ever did my old one. Running is part of my life again. I feel like I've reclaimed my life, piece by piece, and this marathon in October will be a celebration of that journey, which was punctuated by small, hard-won victories. And I also feel fortunate to have the support of a family who never stopped believing in me ... even when I had trouble believing in myself.
<bot>: I wanted to run a marathon in 2009, was laid off. This year I'm doing it for real. Thank you to my family for keeping the faith.