I am waiting for better pictures but.....

Here I am with my friend Jennifer post race! Half marathon time 2:07:49! And now I have the medal to prove it!!

I did it!!

I finished my first Half Marathon this morning in 2 hours 7 minutes and 49 seconds! I am so proud of myself! My goal was to finish under 2:10!! It was an amazing day! Hopefully I will have pictures soon!

This will be me in 10 days.....

This is a picture of me just about to cross the finish line of a 5k last April. I am so excited about the half marathon!

It's almost here!!!!

This morning I ran 10.5 miles....in 38 degree weather! It felt great! Two weeks from today I will run my very first half marathon! I am more than excited!!

Reflections

If you have not been here in a while, please notice the post that I wrote earlier today. It fills you in on what I've been doing, reading and how many miles I've been running.

I just found out that my friends sister just lost her twin daughters. She was 28 weeks pregnant and went into premature labor. I'm not sure of all the details, but somehow both babies were lost. This comes on the heels of my friend telling me yesterday that a good friend of hers lost her first child. They went in to get an ultrasound to found out the sex of the baby and couldn't find the heartbeat. Also this week a local father of three passed away in a tragic automobile accident and my sons allergist (also my husbands high school classmate and friend) had a massive heartattack. He survived but is still in the hospital. He is the father of 4.

Ladies, life is fragile. Lets not ever find ourselves ungrateful for what we have and for those we love. Anything can happen in just a second. Hug your babies, love your husband and above all thank God for his rich blessings.

Life, life, life....

School is back in session and I am meeting it with a mixture of emotions. On one hand I am glad because this house becomes a disaster during the summer and all schedules get thrown out the window! On the other hand it means that my precious babies are getting older and older and closer to not needing me anymore!

I am still running, running, running! Up to something like 405 miles (I think)! I have a new Garmin Forerunner that keeps track of my mileage and I love it! Very expensive but highly worth it if you are committed to a running career! I have officially begun the 1/2 marathon training plan and am looking forward to October! I love setting goals and reaching them!

Reading has been great! I need to update my sidebar! I finally read "Gone With The Wind"! I'm not sure what took me so long but it was fabulous to say the least. Scarlett... what a character. Extremely immature! Lesson learned? You don't know what you've got till its gone! She did everything possible to push Rhett away and in the end all she wanted was....Rhett! Goodness gracious! I wanted to strangle that girl! However, you gotta love her and her "I'll think about that tomorrow" attitude! I am reading the sequel that of course was not written by Margaret Mitchell but by Alexandra Ripley. Good book but I don't like it as much as the original, naturally.

I am also reading another book "Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be, a 90 day guide to living the Proverbs 31 life" by Donna Partow. The introduction alone got me hooked! I am enjoying this book so much! I want to be the best wife, mother, and friend I can be while following Christ with everything I have. I love the verse in Joshua that states "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." I like to change it in my head sometimes and say "As for ME I will serve the Lord". I have a friend who is married to an unbeliever and there are times that it takes toll on her relationship with the Lord and her marriage overall. We have had many conversations about it and the underlying theme is always "you can not change someone else, but you can change yourself" You can choose to be the best wife even when your husband is not being the best husband, because God told you to. You can choose to be the best mom even when your kids are being hard to deal with, because God told you to. You can choose to follow God and do what you know is right according to His word because you know you have to! Its hard, oh it is so hard, (and I watch her struggle and I see myself struggle) but the payoff is knowing that I am serving the Lord and my reward comes from Him!

Okay, done with my sermon!

I hope you all had a wonderful summer! Keep me posted on your progress! I'd love to hear from you!

Well, I did it....

I can't believe it. $50. Signed, sealed, and almost delivered. I registered for my first half marathon. Yikes! The date is October 31. Although I have plenty of time to train for it, I get butterflies in my stomach every time I think about it. So, since I'm already invested money-wise I think I have to go through with it. It will be something I can cross off my bucket list.

By the way, I got my best 5k time ever last Saturday in my hometown, no less. 26:52! Not bad for a short girl!