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The ultimate race was the 1300. That was the pinnacle when I did my hamstring towards the end. I'd broken my thousand
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mile record by 2 days and 6 hours. And I went away to get to see about this leg.
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And um people came back from New Zealand and said, "Why? Why are you going back?" Even Max said,
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"Why?" He said, "Sandy, you've got the thousand mile record. You've creamed
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it." I said, "It's not about me. It's everybody at home. This is every
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night on the news how I'm doing and everyone's saying she'll pull out." They
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said, "Look at you. Your blood vessels are all bursting. You're so swollen, you
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know, cuz you're not resting." The muscle had gone. I was cannibalizing
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on my own flesh, you could say. >> To me, it was my Everest. And that's
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when Kiwi Fruit Board came back, sent me 24 red roses, said, "You'll take one
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every 10 miles until you're finished." And that's what I did.