My First Marathon

Nyörittää kengät, valmistautua lähtöön

To lace up (your shoes)

Laahustaa, kompuroida eteenpäin

To shuffle (around the park)

Pitkä lenkki, kestävyyslenkki

A Sunday long run

1. What is the text mainly about? — One beginner's journey from doubt through training to the finish line
2. How did the narrator react when the friend first suggested the marathon? — Dismissed the idea as a joke at first
3. In the second paragraph, what change does the narrator describe over the weeks of training? — Distances that had frightened the narrator began to feel normal