Today has been a little bitter and a little sweet. I originally wasn't planning on running any half marathons this year considering I would be pregnant most the year. But when things got cut short, my great brother inlaw offered his spot for the Ogden Half. I will be forever grateful that he ended up hating running. :) I would rather be pregnant still but when things don't go according to plan, I will participate in my 2nd love, Running. I still don't understand why I love it... But it sure did save my sanity in probably the hardest thing I have had to go through. And of course Ian helped too, but for me I needed it. Today while running I mostly thought of my sweet Marie, fighting the tears.. It just gave me more inspiration to run my heart out.
I was able to acheive my personal best of 1:48. Not sure if I can exceed much more than that again, but who knows maybe I have more in me.. Here is Kira and I posing after the race. So proud of her too! She can be the other crazy sister that runs half marathons too :)
Wow! Way to go! That time is amazing! I told Mindi she should do it with me next year and she said she wanted to shoot for a 1:50 time and my first thought was "Holy crap! That's fast!" You are awesome.
ReplyDeleteI follow a few other blogs (Mandy Poll and Molly Jackson) and they have written about running and how it has helped them through their trials, too. They also ran the marathon yesterday and I thought of all of you as I participated. You guys are so amazing to me. I'm sure sweet little Marie was right there with you the entire way.
Way to go!