January 24, 2002
			Hello, I hope all is well there.  I just wanted to let you know that the Bermuda marathon was a huge success!!!! What an amazingly beautiful place!!!  I actually ran the race with a camera so I could take pictures of all the beautiful places we ran past.  All I can say is, the Air Force was incredibly foolish when they handed over the AFB they had on Bermuda to the Navy, and the Navy was even more dumb when they gave the base back to Bermuda!!!! Duke ran an incredible race especially since the course was so difficult.  You wouldn't think Bermuda would be that hilly, but the entire race was hills...I think there may have only been about 1 to 2 miles of flat land.  The winds were also working against us. During the race there were gale force gusts of up to 40 knots.  (great when they are at your back, a major obstacle at all other times) Duke finished at 1:49.  I arrived a little later (a lot later) at 2:34.  The marathon is actually two loops around the course so I only got lapped by 2 guys at about mile 11.  I got a picture of that. Thank you so much for all your support for this race. It was really an incredible experience not only to get to go to Bermuda but to be a part of such a great cause.  I will send you pictures.  It was amazing to see so many team in training runners.  There are only 1800 people in the race, and about 500 of them were with team in training. We really stood out in our team shirts. Thanks again for everything. Nicole

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