By the time you guys read this I will be on my journey but I just want to jump back and talk about the half marathon I ran. 

So I trained for six whole months and I learned quite a bit about myself. One of the things that I learned was that I really have trouble progressing and without all the support I had I am sure that I wouldn’t have accomplished the race. Training for six whole months I learned that I can go longer distances but after mile nine my feet really get beat up. I can physically feel my feet hitting the concrete. I also learned that I get runners high if I really let myself go. During the race I felt amazing and had no trouble. Of course that changed when I hit mile 8. I started to really slow down and for the rest of the race I was dreading this decision to do thirteen. I was even imagining a scenario where I had quit and stopped. 

Yet I looked ahead and there were two people who I admire. I’m not going to call them by their names but I will say that they are so amazing and they are relationship goals. They dance, run, and train together. It’s so amazing what they have accomplished and you can tell they both love what they do and each other. 

They are what really kept me running most of the race. They were a set pace that I was able to manage keeping up with. 

Towards the end of the race I remember this guy being next to me and he was in this blue T-shirt. I could hear his breathing and something in me set off and I took off in a full sprint at the end. it was my last set of speed I had and I had managed to use it when it mattered most. 

I am really proud that I was able to accomplish something so hard and do it in a record time offfffffffffffff 2 hrs and 7 minutes! Ya’ll that is amazing for a very first try at a half marathon.

So yea if you work hard you will succeed. I learned that we humans can do anything and the payoff is so worth it.