spotlight on ME?

i'm so used to being rebekah, joshua and bailey's mom - and having all the focus on them. it was wierd to have attention on myself for more than 2 minutes. as much as my ugly heart sometimes feels like, "hey - i'm a person too - look at me!" i'm not so sure i like the "spotlight" - and i don't think i "perform" well under pressure. anyways, here's the 10k! jacqueline, leah and myself right before we "lined up" to start...
about 6 miles down...just a little to go!

The Monument Avenue 10K...what an experience! it was like nothing i could have imagined. but how could i imagine something i've never done? for the first few minutes you're just trying not to run into the person in front of you or trip on anyone else's shoes. once we spread out a little, you start taking it all in...thousands of runners and just as many spectators, bands playing (some helped, some not so much) i hoped i'd feel great and just love it. i struggled. it was a hard run. but i finished and i ran the whole thing - that was my goal.

i can't even begin to express my gratitude to all those who were a part of supporting me! cary - thanks for getting us everywhere we needed to be and for the gloves - you are amazing, Mr. Ironman. (by the way, he got HIS personal best time in the 10k!) leah - you WERE my legs for the second half of the race. thank you SO much for all your encouragement and for staying with me! and ali and ej - thanks for watching joshua and bailey and being there to cheer for me! pat and rebekah - i needed you there near the end. and everyone else that was thinking about me and praying for me - thanks!

i think i might run a couple 5k's to gain a little more confidence before i do another 10k.

the celebratory lunch afterwards! yea!!!!!