My First Marathon
Last year, my boyfriend suggested that I should run the London marathon, and I laughed. He
laughed too, but he laughed too long and too loud. That made me think. I realized that he didn't believe that I could do it. That made me angry,and determined. Now he knows that I can !
Training wasn't easy, but I kept going. I didn't need special training but I did need to buy very good shoes. Each day,I went a little further. By the end of three months, I was running five days a week. Sometimes in the evenings I ran 10km;on Sunday mornings, I sometimes ran about 30km.
On the day of the race in London, I lined up with about 30,000 other runners. For the first ]0km I felt very happy and my legs felt very comfortable. At the 30km mark, I felt exhausted, and wanted to stop, but I kept on going.
By the time I reached the 35km mark, I knew I was going to get to the end of the course. Somehow that confidence made me feel lighter and faster. As I came round the last bend and saw the finishing line, I could see three runners ahead of me. I raced past all of them to finish the race in just under four hours. The winner had completed the race in 2 hours and 10 minutes, but I didn't care! I had run 42km and completed my first marathon !
我的第一次馬拉松
去年，男友建議我參加倫敦馬拉松賽。 當時我笑了，他也笑了，可他的笑聲太長也太大，讓我陷入沉思。我意識到他不相信我做得到。這使我很生氣，也讓我下定決心參賽。現在，他終於知道了我能行!
訓練並非易事，但我堅持不懈。我並不需要特殊訓練，但我卻需要買一雙好鞋。每天我都努力多跑一些。三個月後，我已能每周跑五天。有時在傍晚時分，我跑上10公里；星期天早上，有時能跑上30公里左右。
倫敦馬拉松賽那天，我和大約三萬名運動員站在一起。開始的10公里，我心情愉快，兩腿輕鬆。在30公里標誌處，我已疲憊不堪，很想停下來，但我還是堅持跑著。
到達35公里標誌處，我知道離終點已經不遠。不知怎么，信心讓我越來越輕鬆，跑得越來越快。當繞過最後一個彎道時，我看到了終點線，看到了還有三個人跑在我前面。於是我作了最後衝刺，超過了他們，在四小時內完成了比賽。第一名的成績是2小時10分，但這無關緊要。我畢竟跑完了42公里的全程，完成了我的第一次馬拉松!