what a fun weekend!
i left on friday afternoon to drive to richmond
by myself to run the half-marathon.
i spent most of the drive crying my eyes out. but it needed to happen. lots going on in our home and in this heart of mine. God knew He needed me alone this weekend...He had some stuff to tell me!
ANYways. i went straight to my friend, Ali's, house and spent a couple hours with her.
then went to leah's house and had a YUMMY pre-race dinner and fun evening together.
we got up bright and early and headed downtown in the POURING RAIN. wasn't planning on that. boo. it rained off and on the whole race. BUT, it was only 50 degrees, so that was nice!
before:
my friend, abi, is fighting lymphoma. she has been having chemo treatments every other week for months. she had a chemo treatment on friday, and ran the half-marathon on saturday! AMAZING! her husband had shirts made for us to honor her. i loved wearing it!
done. beat my goal of finishing in under 2 hours! but. i'm going to be honest. i just don't think races are for me. i was stressed out EVERY minute of the race. even though i KNEW i was going to beat my goal, i was just stressed. and that's not why i love to run. i love to run for the BREAK it gives me, for the time i have to think and pray. there was NO thinking or praying, i was ONLY thinking about my pace (which i started out too fast and then had to slow down and did NOT finish feeling strong. boo.) i MUCH prefer to walk out my front door on a saturday morning and just run for 2 hours. figure out my route as i go and process through whatever needs to be processed through. this doesn't mean i'll NEVER run another one. but it's just not my "thing."
after:
we showered up and went to lunch - leah, me and ali.
then i headed home for 24 hours ALL by myself (pat and the kids were
camping with some other dads and kids. in the rain. with a leaky tent. i know.) i did do some "chores", but forced myself to relax some and slept for 9 hours on saturday night - that's AMAZING for me! i should do that more often :-) i am beyond blessed with an amazing husband that takes our kids camping with a hurting shoulder, with amazing friends to share my heart with and laugh with and with a healthy body to run with!
3 comments:
Congratulations! Well done! Glad you had a little time to yourself too...
I originally signed up with a friend who just finished her 3rd chemo treatment last Friday. She didn't run, but I ran with a pink M on my back for her. And...I got to hug her on the course. Many of us from my 'hood were running with heavy hearts. Another friend was having a biopsy on Monday. She too was running. We now know she too has breast cancer.
24 hours... in your own house... that sounds ah-mazing!!
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