My mom has run many marathons in her life. A total of four. She ran the Boston Marine Corps in DC and Chicago, which was done twice. 
When you complete a marathon you receive a medal based on the city you ran it in. In doing the marathon, she was also donating to charity. Growing up in India, she wanted the charity to help out kids there. For Chicago she raised $5,000  for Asha which would help to try and make education more equal with resource availability . She also raised $7,500 for the Brookline mental health foundation because my mom wanted to help people get through hard moments in their life. 
We keep these medals framed up in our living room for display to show my moms accomplishments. I also run. I do cross country here at BHS and seeing the medals keeps me motivated to stay consistent and improve throughout my high school career. The medals keep me inspired to constantly do my best. I hope one day to also run a marathon just like my mom. 

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