{"id":30737,"date":"2013-01-03T19:02:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=30737"},"modified":"2017-04-19T09:23:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:23:05","slug":"13-2-miles-at-my-age-stanley-goldstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/13-2-miles-at-my-age-stanley-goldstein\/","title":{"rendered":"13.1 Miles at My Age?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 Team Yachad Marathon was my first marathon run. It was also my first time at a Team Yachad Shabbos&#8211;this despite my son, JJ, being a Yachad member\u00a0 for about nine years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30759\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/JJGoldstein.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-30737 wp-image-30759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/JJGoldstein-300x240.jpeg\" alt=\"JJ and friends at last year's marathon.\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/JJGoldstein-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/JJGoldstein.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">JJ and friends at last year&#8217;s marathon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just the year before, my wife made me aware of the Yachad half-marathon. I told her I could never run for 13.1 miles at my age, even though I lead a physically active lifestyle. But, of course&#8211;with skepticism about completing it successfully&#8211;I signed up to run.<\/p>\n<p>The Shabbos spent with Team Yachad before the run was the perfect setting, a beautiful and warm atmosphere. The understanding of why I was supposed to be there unfolded over that weekend: If my son, JJ, and other members of Yachad are able to function socially in the Jewish community, who am I to doubt that I have the ability to complete 13.1 miles of a marathon?<\/p>\n<p>The <em>achdut\u00a0<\/em>(sense of unity), excitement and purpose of being together grew with every passing minute of Shabbos. It continued through Motzei Shabbos and into the early Sunday morning hours as I stood on the starting line at the American Arena in Miami with my fellow runners.<\/p>\n<p>I completed the 13.1 miles with the spiritual and physical high of knowing that I accomplished this for and because of Yachad&#8211;just as my son, JJ, has had such significant accomplishments because of Yachad. I have signed up with Team Yachad for the 2013 ING Marathon on January 27 together with JJ,\u00a0with the knowledge that with the support of Yachad, both he and I can accomplish anything.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improve the lives of countless individuals with special needs.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/miami.teamyachad.com\/\">Sponsor a Team Yachad runner today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Stanley Goldstein, M.D.<\/strong>, is the father of an active senior Yachad member, JJ Goldstein, who regularly attends Yachad Shabbatonim and events.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed. 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