# @melissa on Instagram - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DertHwasTuh - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76742720-melissa-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c361aa40bf.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T16:59:37.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Melissa - Travel 🌎🌍🌏 (@Melissa) β€” https://gondola.cc/Melissa ## Caption I DID IT!!!!! All I wanted to do was go the distance!!! My first ever full marathon!!! I ran 42.2 km!!!! πŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈ One year of training while traveling the world with 2 small kids facing every single obstacle possible and I still did it!!!! 😭😭😭 Honestly the full year of lonely training was the true marathon, this was just the celebration….the victory lap!!! This is just one story of everyone crossing the finish line. Literally tens of thousands of meaningful stories all together!!! I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!!!!! YOU DID IT!!!! WE DID IT!!!! None of this would have been possible without the help of my incredible husband @aleporte πŸ₯Ή literally always leaving him to man the fort at home while I would go out and run for 4 hours and he would watch our 2 small kids (2 and 5 years old). I was able to do this because of him!!!! TE AMO!!!! Thank you to all my closest friends and family who supported me this whole year and who came out for the day. I will NEVER forget your love and encouragement!!! You truly gave me all their energy and motivation to finish. They all saw me from day one and had to deal with this being my whole personality for a full year πŸ˜… This run is dedicated to my parents πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή The strength I have is because of them!!! Thank you everyone with all of my heart!!! I LOVE YOUUUU!!!! @towaterfront42k #TOwaterfront42K #marathon #Toronto ## Stats - **Views:** 103,279 - **Likes:** 4,551 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 494 ## Credits No public credits are recorded here. This does not identify who made the post. ## Tags toronto, towaterfront42k, marathon --- Copyright (c) Gondola