I ran the Chicago Marathon last year for the first time. A group of friends from our church do this every year. The Team is call Run 121, They run and raise funds for World Vision Children. I have to say the experience was a painful one. Running 26 miles is not easy and the training was difficult. By the 20th miles i was promising my kids i would not do it again. As my daughter Moni would say" sure that’s what you say now. But next year we will be here again cheering you.
I believe what you start, you must finish. I set my goal to complete the marathon, to Finish. Even if I was the last one to cross the finish line. The experience of crossing the finish line was very emotional, I didn’t know if I should cry, laugh or lay down. :)
God has blessed me with some awesome kids, they played a major role in this; cheering for us, giving us encouragement, they joined me at one point to run alongside me. God help each and every one of us all the way and kept us safe.
Well, my friend Dave send out emails to the running team and said have you decided to run a race for Team World Vision yet? Have you built up enough courage to go for it???
Yes, I am nuts and we're doing this again! My Family will be running the Rock N Roll Chicago Half Marathon August 14 with me. And, In October my husband and I will run the Chicago Marathon for the second time.
I have started a new trend in our family. Moni, Cris and Efrain and I ran the Santa Hustle last year (Dec 4, 2010). It was cold!
I cannot say i did great timing, or that I came in looking, like all the athlete. My only goal was to finish and it seem to take for forever. There were moments where, I wanted to sit down on the side walk and say "ok, I did my best".
I believe what you start, you must finish. I set my goal to complete the marathon, to Finish. Even if I was the last one to cross the finish line. The experience of crossing the finish line was very emotional, I didn’t know if I should cry, laugh or lay down. :)
God has blessed me with some awesome kids, they played a major role in this; cheering for us, giving us encouragement, they joined me at one point to run alongside me. God help each and every one of us all the way and kept us safe.
Well, my friend Dave send out emails to the running team and said have you decided to run a race for Team World Vision yet? Have you built up enough courage to go for it???
Yes, I am nuts and we're doing this again! My Family will be running the Rock N Roll Chicago Half Marathon August 14 with me. And, In October my husband and I will run the Chicago Marathon for the second time.
I have started a new trend in our family. Moni, Cris and Efrain and I ran the Santa Hustle last year (Dec 4, 2010). It was cold!
In January Cris, Efrain and I ran the New Year's Dash in 22 degrees weather. Its given our family yet another great opportunity to have fun and create some lasting memories.
We will be starting our official training April 2, 2011, join me in my journey of running by reading my journal.
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