三年前一个偶然的机会在公司小伙伴的纵用下抽签并纽约半马并获得参赛资格，在那之前我跑过的最长距离也不到4英里，于是一点一点地增加距离，几个月后成功的跑下了半马赛并达到了预期目标。半马赛给了一些激励，经过一段思考后，决定报名纽约全马，去年终于完成了第一个全马。由于全马跑得不尽人意，盼望着能在第二个全马达到自己的理想目标。这期间经历过疲惫，经历过伤疼，经历过疑惑，但我坚持下来了，对跑步的热情也越来越高，从最初的一个人孤独跑，到现在的与跑群一起跑步，一起欢乐，一起交流，跑步已经成为我生活的一个很大成分。
想不到今年参加纽约全马还让我跑进做公益的活动中。今年是美国第一条横跨铁路完成150周年，150年前的这条铁路凝聚着很多早期中国移民的汗水，由于历史原因这一历史事实并不被美国主流社会宣传，美国华人博物馆（MOCA）对华人在美国的贡献有详细历史的保留，作为华人这段历史不能忘，更应该让后人，无论是华人还是其它种族的移民知道。借着今年的纽约马拉松赛，我成为一名为MOCA募捐的大使，希望得到支持这项活动的朋友赞助。
At the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), a national cultural institution that tells the untold stories in the making of America through the lens of the Chinese immigrant experience, visitors are greeted with the Chinese proverb: “*A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.*” It is our way of honoring the pioneering spirit of not only Chinese immigrants but all immigrants who sacrificed and dared to take the first step that blazed a path for future generations in America.
In 2019, MOCA celebrates the 150th anniversary of the historic moment when a golden spike was driven into the ground at Promontory Summit in Utah to mark the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. To commemorate this milestone, MOCA has launched the MOCA Spike 150 initiative to honor the resilience, grit, and ingenuity symbolized by the thousands of laborers — many of whom were of Chinese ancestry — who toiled and gave their lives to build America into the country it is today. This nine-month journey will allow MOCA to tell 150 untold stories in the making of America as participants of MOCA Spike 150 run across the country culminating in the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019. MOCA welcomes you to join us in this unprecedented initiative, and welcomes runners to follow in the footsteps of this country’s first pioneers and make history.
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