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Ji Rong's story of 2020

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Rong Ji It was September 13 th , 2020 Sunday, three days before my prophylaxis double mastectomy. My husband drove me to the train station to center city Philadelphia. I will run my last virtual race of this year, the Broad Street Run 10 mile.  I started from South of Kelly Drive to North direction. As usual, my mind ran wild on my running journey. Late last year, I registered for all my targeted local 2020 races: Love Run in March, Broad Street Run in May, and Philadelphia Marathon in November. In February, I met with my surgeon to plan for the operation. I have family history of breast cancer and found out I carry the BRCA 2 gene which is a mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer 80% at older age. With no hesitation, I decided to bypass all the frequent screenings and go straight to double mastectomy. My surgeon told me I have to take 3 weeks off from work for recovery. I told him I have two races in March and May. He said: enjoy the run, let’s do the surgery after ...

2020, The Year of Virtual (下)

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  编辑:佳临 令人倍受煎熬的庚子年终于快过完了,大家关在家里跑步热情却没受啥影响。让小编为大家回顾2020下半年,看看我们群的疯子们是如何“Legend与PR齐飞,热血汗水共一身”的。😎 梁玉玲 : 疫情期间让自已成了孤独的跑者,小区成了我的晨跑和晚间跑的地方。周末也没有去参加队友的锻炼跑步,因为我在城里上班,不想把risk带给我的队友们。但是每日在Strava 上的点赞成了我与队友的交流!成为对队友的思念! 报名The “Social Distancing Run 100 mile Challenge" , 我用了28天在小区里完成了100 mile. 看到手掌大的奖牌,一是喜来二是忧!喜的是坚持完成了自己定的目标。忧的是蒙娜丽莎带上口罩触动了我的底线。伟大画家达芬奇的永恒的微笑,现在却被防护疫情的口罩蒙上!心里很不是滋味!从来不敢临摹达芬奇画的我终于又拿起了画笔,带着对大师的敬畏完成了达芬奇:永恒的微笑…蒙娜丽莎这幅画。心情好多了!希望疫情终将过去!跑步的黎明是美好的。想念并感谢大家在Strava 上的点赞!爱你们! 魏强 :收到了巨大的corona Lisa 作为2020年的一个念想吧。 (小编:教授你怎么就不肯和奖牌一起露一露脸呢) 沙劲 : (小编:话说这个Cosplay真是绝了,还必须提一下沙妹妹11月“暗戳戳”刷了人生第一个全马) 黄汇: (小编:黄老板你就是把整个脸都遮了,难道大家就不认识你了?) Sherry Liu : 2020年10月,实现了两个目标。家里蹲大半年,准备考试小半年。今天收到考试结果,终于过啦✌心里默默谢谢领导的包容和忍耐,熬夜考试的坏脾气全丢给了领导。穿插着和小伙伴一起跑完了费城Love Run的半马线上跑,收到了红色T和大奖牌。今年还有最后一个目标,不论实现与否,感恩收获的亲情和友谊 Justin Lin : 我其實沒想過要跑全馬,一直以來半馬已是我的極限,全馬既是遙不可及也不值得虐待身體。今年疫情加上天氣炎熱,有半年的時間只是最多跑 5 邁。到9 月才又回到跑群,每個周末跑個半馬,覺得還可以應付。10月“2020我們的費馬”拉我進去,就有點動心想試看看,但進步很慢,直到一個禮拜前才跑到19邁。這種成績當然不敢期望跑馬,只是可以跟人跑,沒有什麽損失。如Bob Dylan 在 Like a Rolling Ston...