Context: I'm always proud when I set my sights on something and achieve it. Running my very first marathon was a big one!
Speaker 1: Running my first (and maybe only!) marathon felt like *such* a huge accomplishment!
Speaker 2: Wow, that is an amazing accomplishment!  Congratulations!  You gotta be feeling like you're on top of the world after that!
Speaker 1: Ah, it was the best! Plus it helped that I purposely chose an amazing destination in which to run it -- it was the Venice Marathon!
Speaker 2: My first thought was "California" but then there's Venice [Italy] and then either way, that's an amazing destination!
Speaker 1: We were living overseas at the times -- the most impressive part was crossing the Grand Canal over a pontoon of boats to finish the marathon ;-)
Speaker 2: Oh, wow.  Not only to be able to do all the running but to view the scenery!