Thankful

This blog is for all of my friends who knew I was running the 1/2 marathon over the weekend. Just an update o how I did...Not about parenting at all just an accomplishment I've made for myself.



Well I did it!!!! I finished my 1/2 marathon yesterday in 2.40. I’m so thankful I made it. The first 3 miles for me are always the hardest because your body is getting used to keeping up with yourself. All the blood it needs to start pumping and getting your breathing right. By the time I looked at what mile I was on it was mile six and I was like wow only 7.1 more miles to go. I started getting pumped by all the people that were there running with me and the music I was listing to that I didn’t even think of how far I had run. By this time my feet were really starting to hurt as well as my knee that I had ACL surgery on years ago. So I looked up and saw that I was on mile ten. At that point I prayed and asked God to help me make it. Because I was starting to hurt so bad i just wanted to stop and walk the rest of the way. But if I had made ten miles by the grace of God I knew he could help me through 3.1 more.



Mile 12 comes along and I said to my friend, Wow I think I’m going to make it. She said of course you are. All the time from when I started to train with her I never thought in one million years that I could ever run 13.1 miles. I mean who does that? Running has never been an enjoyment for me at all. The only enjoyment I’ve ever gotten was when I’m in a race with a ton of people and I cross a finish line. When that happens it becomes such an enjoyment and a wonderful accomplishment.

Mile 13 I see the Titans field .1 miles to go and I’m done. Such an overwhelming feeling comes over my body. I’ve ran 13.0 miles and I’m thinking I’m going to make it to the finish line. I turn the corner and see the finish line and run as fast as I can for three reasons. 1. I will for in that moment fulfill a wonderful accomplishment that I would of never saw myself doing in my life. 2. That I will be able to stop running… 3. that I will be able to stop running….lol

Its so funny how your life takes changes and turns that you would of never expected. Last year around this time I would of never thought I would of ran a 1/2 marathon and now I sit here and have done it and for that I’m thankful. God helped me pull something out of myself that I never would of thought I would ever do and for that I feel stronger and somewhat more complete. I know that sounds strange but that’s the only way I know how to explain it. Its such a wonderful feeling. Am I hurting you ask? Yeah like hell!

So far the two best things to happen to me this year is I lost my job and I completed this marathon. My life is so much at peace right now and I say again for that I’m so thankful. I always say life is great and it only gets better. That’s been my saying for this year and its been very uplifting to me. You ask if I’ll do this marathon again next year? I say YES! I’ll be out there with the over 30,000 people that were there this year. No I still don’t have a love for running, I have a love for the finish line and what its doing for my life right now. Run baby run!!!