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<\/a><\/p>\nWay back in 2010 I was signed up for the MB Marathon and drove up to the expo the night before. But a freak snowstorm was set to blow through the area, threatening to drop inches…INCHES … of snow. The race organization dilly dallied and tried to find a way through but ultimately decided to cancel the event at 11 pm. It was out of concern for volunteers navigating slippery streets in a town ill prepared for snow. I’m not sure they’d even know what a snow plow looked like and the only salt they had was for margaritas. The next morning, millimeters… MILLIMETERS of snow dusted the ground. But as I drove home from the cancelled event, I could see cars fish tailing and all signs of drivers who had no business being anywhere near snow.<\/p>\n There was A LOT of grumbling online. Angry tweets, messages, even custom t-shirts that runners had printed reading, “F@ck South Carolina.” I was disappointed and thought it dumb to cancel but I get safety concerns. It’s awful but so be it, right?<\/p>\n My brother actually made me a shirt that reads, “I forgive you South Carolina!” I wore it the following year at the marathon. Some people got it; some people thought I was talking about Fort Sumter.<\/p>\n So now I’m sitting here thinking about registering for the 20th… though I know more than most that it may have been 20 years since the first running… but it has most definitely NOT been 20 CONSECUTIVE years of running.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n