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Bennett Jacobs's avatar

Loved this essay Cissy! I had a very similar feeling to your Berlin marathon when I ran Boston. Interesting to see that I wasn't alone in those thoughts!

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Cissy Hu's avatar

Such a complex feeling to sit with after an intense training season! Really wild to see how varying each person's marathon experience is. Kudos on Boston, such a beast of a course 🤌🏼

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Ajai Shankar's avatar

Like reading your essays. Keep writing - you do it well!

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Cissy Hu's avatar

Thanks, Ajai – appreciate you following along & the support :)

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Matt Yao's avatar

🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️

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Alexandra Allen's avatar

Great essay, Cissy! Love the realizations in here. Super inspiring to read about you crushing these goals.

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Cissy Hu's avatar

Thanks for being a sounding board, Alexandra – appreciate you!

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Jen Vermet's avatar

Cissy wow this resonated so deeply with me as I go inward and try to understand why I do hard things. Becoming a triathloner and open-water swimmer over the past year has injected new senses of agency in my life as well :)

I appreciate you so much writing and sharing this and letting me feel so seen!

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Cissy Hu's avatar

Jen – kudos for pursuing your own flavor of hard things via tris & open-water swimming! So glad to hear my reflections resonate :)

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