Lately

Wow!!!  What an amazing few weeks it has been. I have been training hard and working my booty off!! I Ran the Glad Fest 5k and was finally able to PR in a 10k!!! It is an amazing feeling to see my hard work pay off. The time clock shows it every time I cross that finish line! 3rd Place in my age division!

Training for the marathon is an indescribable experience. Moments of it are so easy and others are painful. I am so unbelievably thankful to the countless people that are continually cheering me on! My friends, my family, and even complete strangers! I am running countless miles a week and at times I want to quit....but I can't and won't. I am doing this not only for myself but for a little girl that means the world to me. I am running this race for a cause that is much bigger than I am.

It is so hard to understand how my 18 mile run last week was not "easy" but, it was a solid good run. Today, I ran 13 and I wanted to cry and quit at mile 10. I know that running is as much mental as it is physical and I am trying really hard to remember that. I have had so many milestones recently....I can say that I have run 18 miles!!!!! I am doing things that I never even knew were possible!