I have this goal of running a Half Marathon every month this year.
So January 29th God let me run and walk the "Texas Half" in Dallas - That one hurt
On February 19th God let me run and walk the "Stonebridge Ranch Half Marathon" - more hills OUCH!
March I counted the Ft. Worth Cow Town Marathon for the March marathon. I tried to run the Ultra 50K but only made it to mile 21! It was on the 27 of February only a couple days before March and so well I counted it as my March half Marathon. :) Yes that one hurt but I am STILL MAD at myself for not finishing cause I know I could have! I ALMOST ran the Dallas Rock and Roll but I was at conference and didn't run it.
Well , April rolled around and I got sick the day of the half I planned to run (The Lone Star 70.3) It is UNFINISHED BUSINESS and God willing I will get to finish that race next year. I'm still mad at myself for not at least trying to finish the swim in that triathlon! The other half I really wanted to run in April was the "Hills and Heels Half Marathon". I thought I would be too sore from the Lone Star 70.3 so waited to long to enter and it sold out (I personally - Love the "Hills and Heels Half Marathon" so I was really sad when I didn't get to run it). I sure didn't want the Dream to die four months into the goal soooo.... on the last day of April...
God gave me the idea to make my own Half Marathon... It is the HOPE Marathon.
" Heavenly Opportunities for People Everyone!" To date it is my Favorite Half ever and... NO PAIN!
The fee to register is to give something to a charity of your choice and bring a stuffed animal if you have one to donate to the local fire department to help children who are in an emergency.
So it started at 9:30 a.m. AAAAHHHHH a nice time to start. The course was outside my front door. AAAAHHHH a nice place to run. Our neighborhood has a perfect one mile loop so I repeated it 13 times.
AAAAHHHH the convince of my own nice clean restroom to use. and the best part of all I could check on my 9 year old daughter every few miles. :)
Had a ball.... The weather was PERFECT. Temp in the 70's and 80's cloud covered and shaded almost the whole way! My husband walked/ran the last three miles with me. AAAAAAHHHHH such a happy memory!!! Thank you God. The medal... My daughter made me a picture and my husband bought me a necklace with a running shoe on it. My daughter added her little silver cross to the necklace Priceless!
God let me finish a half in April, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, God let me run a half marathon each month... slow but steady :) and Oct... it was a half Ironman in Oct ONLY BY the GRACE of GOD was that possible :) WOW To God be the Glory... missed the Nov full marathon I had paid for in SA and honestly have not gotten back on that marathon horse yet... 3 months??? wow need prayer to get back on the marathon trail IF it is God's will. so made 10 of the 12 months - missed my goal and missing goals can knock a person down... need help to refame it... 10 - 10 half marathons and one half ironman w 3 parts... hum that is 13 so actually did one extra thing :) WOW!!! ok that helps...
ReplyDeletesomeone must have prayed and I sure thank you for lifting me up because my family signed me up for the Dallas Rock and Roll in March... and.... God willing I may even run - well mostly walk :) the Stonebridge half next weekend. To God be the Glory and thank you for praying. May God bless you right back. Ephesians 3:20-21 Ephesian 6:18 "Pray continually on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and request, with this in mind be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints"
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