How GREAT is This?

On a fitness related board I frequent, I met a guy who had run 35 marathons, and who was hoping to run 50 by the time he turned 50 (at 46 he's already surpassed that goal, and is now onto Ultra marathons!). Here is part of my welcome post to him:

Welcome!!!! Oh, PLEASE stick around!!!!!!! You are my idol!!! 35 'thons??? Wow. Wow. Wow. I REALLY want to do one at some point. I ran a 1/2 thon last fall, and just loved it. I live in the Boston area, so Boston of course is on my wish list, and in addition I'd love to run NYC - that seems like a great one. My "secret plan" is to actually run Boston the year I turn 40 (2008) - the marathon is JUST before my birthday (usually just a week and a half before, depending on where Patriot's Day falls...), so I always thought running it weeks before the "big four oh" would be a cool way to ring in the new decade, especially THAT one, which so many people seem to dread (I don't actually mind it - I had my "age issue freak out" at 30, so I'm done!)...

And, imagine that, here I sit, just over a week before the RACE THAT WAS MY SECRET WISH LIST PLAN! How often does that really ever happen?

Wow.