So today marked my 1 year anniversary of running one 5k's a month. Well almost one 5k/month. LOL! I skipped a few months, but for the most part I did a pretty good job of trying to run every month. I decided to celebrate my running anniversary by signing up for the same race that kicked it all off but instead of a 5k I would run a 10k. 3miles vs 6.2miles. to tell you the truth, I hadn't ran 6 miles EVER at one time before today...sooooo, I was a tad be nervous about how I would do. Would I crawl across the finish line, would I be brought out by stretcher?? I had no idea what to expect!
So this race The Groundhog Run supports Children's TLC. It is an organization that helps kids and family's out that have disability's. What I did to keep myself going for the full 6 miles was think of my dear friend's daughter, who is not disabled in the way TLC helps out, but in a way that she is going blind...at the age of 9 years old. "P" kept me going! Every time I was starting to get tired or worn down "P" came to my mind and I prayed for her right then. She is in a lot of pain and is scarred.
I now know that I CAN and WILL be able to do 13.1 miles in mid April. The key was for me today to keep focus on how many miles I HAVE completed and keep my focus on something that will make a difference in someone's life, weather it is prayer, or the money that I have raised/ paid to run, I know that if I know that each stride that I take will help! Then it is easy to complete! I have found a new love today. I LOVE running...I have been telling myself that I don't really like running for the past year, but now after I have completed something that my mind was telling me NO YOU CAN'T, and the fact that I DID makes me have a new found love for the sport. Funny huh?
So now we are on to bigger and better things...LOL! Not really, just 13.1! Training is about to kick off in full 1/2 marathon mode! April 14th will come quick! 75 days! Yikes!
So this race The Groundhog Run supports Children's TLC. It is an organization that helps kids and family's out that have disability's. What I did to keep myself going for the full 6 miles was think of my dear friend's daughter, who is not disabled in the way TLC helps out, but in a way that she is going blind...at the age of 9 years old. "P" kept me going! Every time I was starting to get tired or worn down "P" came to my mind and I prayed for her right then. She is in a lot of pain and is scarred.
I now know that I CAN and WILL be able to do 13.1 miles in mid April. The key was for me today to keep focus on how many miles I HAVE completed and keep my focus on something that will make a difference in someone's life, weather it is prayer, or the money that I have raised/ paid to run, I know that if I know that each stride that I take will help! Then it is easy to complete! I have found a new love today. I LOVE running...I have been telling myself that I don't really like running for the past year, but now after I have completed something that my mind was telling me NO YOU CAN'T, and the fact that I DID makes me have a new found love for the sport. Funny huh?
So now we are on to bigger and better things...LOL! Not really, just 13.1! Training is about to kick off in full 1/2 marathon mode! April 14th will come quick! 75 days! Yikes!
