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