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Click.\u00a0You are now signed up,\u00a0<\/em>my computer tells me. And then I start to get nervous.<\/p>\n

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Another $3,000? \u00a0Another 13.1 miles? How can I do this? I think back to the last time, how did I do it? \u00a0I mean I trained, sure, I ran 4 miles, but that’s far less than 13.1. \u00a0And I raised the money, but it was hard! I had to send out e-mail after e-mail and bother the same people over and over again. Why am I putting myself through this again?<\/p>\n

And then I realized that, yeah, it was hard. \u00a0I woke up at 5:30 almost every morning so I could go running before school, and I sent out so many e-mails that my family started labeling my emails as spam. But I did it.<\/p>\n

I ran with Yachad, hand in hand. That is why I am doing this again. It was hard to reach my goal, really, really<\/em> hard–but everything that’s worth anything is hard. And let me tell you, this was worth it<\/em>. Last year I ran for a cause, for something I love and for an organization that gives me so much more than I could ever give back to it.<\/p>\n

I’m running again because this year, Yachad has, again, given me so much, and I want to give back just a fraction of that by running this marathon. \u00a0I know why I’m running this half-marathon for Yachad, and it isn’t for no reason!<\/p>\n

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Enhance the lives of Jews with special needs:\u00a0Run with or sponsor Team Yachad<\/a>\u00a0in the 2013 Marathon and Half-Marathon.\u00a0Get inspired<\/a>\u00a0by people who already did.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bethia\u00a0Gindi<\/strong>\u00a0is a senior at\u00a0YULA High School\u00a0in\u00a0Los Angeles, and a member of\u00a0Team Yachad<\/a>\u00a0who ran at the\u00a0Miami ING Half-Marathon\u00a0last year. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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