Success

It's interesting looking back on 13.1 miles. It is a lengthy distance to have completed. And now, I have two under my belt. I repeated the IMT Des Moines Half Marathon again just yesterday. It had me thinking about how I measure success in this situation. I successfully ran the 13.1 miles, without walking or stopping. Success! I successfully trained harder, and in a more healthy fashion. Success! I did finish about 8 minutes slower this year. STILL Success, because I trained wiser and gained more mental fortitude in the training. I got progressively faster and finished the second half of the race 30 seconds per mile faster than the first half. Success!!

This year, I had the immense pleasure of training with some amazing people, who quite literally (Travis) walked into my life randomly. Thankfully he did, because it has been a cascade of meeting amazing and inspiring people since then. Success!! :-) With their help, guidance and company on our long runs, I was able to train smarter. So in my success, part of the thanks goes to them. Stephanie, Travis, Loran, and the iCan marathon training group (who so graciously let me tag along on long runs), THANK YOU for making my race a success. Thank you all for inspiring me to train harder, and smarter and tackle a full. Yes it is you, my friends, who gave me the guts to give a full marathon a GO!

This time around, I am not recovering from 13.1 by taking it easy for a week (thank God!). Seeing as how I trained smarter, I also feel much less sore than I did last time (again, thank God!).  I'm getting right back at it tomorrow morning, because, after all, a full marathon is a big feat, and it isn't going to train for it itself.

Have a happy, healthy week my friends!



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  1. AnonymousOctober 21, 2013 at 6:18 PM

    Thank you for letting me, and my friends, enter your life and share your amazing journey. You are an inspiration to me and your positive attitude is amazing! Thank you for helping me to my first full marathon, and I look forward to running along side you as you complete your first! Thank you for being my friend! Travis

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