by Jarvis Googoo

On October 30, 2022, I completed my eighth Marathon; Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Marathon takes place on the ancestral homelands of the Piscataway and the Nacotchtank.

This one was on my mind since 2016. I wanted to do it in honour/memory of my best friend Clint Phillips, who served from 2000 to 2004 (and was in Afghanistan and Iraq), and took his own life in 2006. I applied in March 2020 and was accepted in early-April. Obviously the pandemic postponed things. I did the virtual option in October that year, but it wasn’t the same thing. Then in 2021, I decided that 2022 would be my year to run it.

It took about ten days after the Boston Marathon for my Body Battery a la my Garmin to return to 100%. I also made a point from that month on that I would do my best to practice yoga at least ...