I'm headed to Paris in just five short weeks. Running in the "Semi de Paris", my first ever half-marathon. While training in the dead of winter in Connecticut is fun and all...the race is really just an excuse to go to Paris. I think I might be crazy. Up until three months ago I had never run more than 3 miles in my life. Now I'm up to 8 and am getting on a plane to run with 27,000 people in a country where I don't even speak the language (ok so I can say Bonjour and je m'appelle Julie. That's what 4 years of French in high school got me.) Anyway, I'm anxious to explore Paris through 13 miles of running and more importantly the following day when I force my friend to wheel me
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