Inspiration

This past weekend, I did the Nike Women's Half Marathon with a couple of friends.  I had not planned to run the entire distance because I wanted to just do a walk or walk/run with friends.  This is different for me because the last half marathon that I did, I ran the entire way as fast as I could.  Well, it ended up that I ran about half of this one and walked the other half.

At the beginning, I was so excited to be at the start line of an event again.  I almost forgot over the past 5 years how fun that was.  That was nothing compared to the endorphin-filled finish line!  At the end of the race, the fire department guys dressed up in tuxedos handed you a Tiffany's box with a silver necklace in it.  The necklace charm says, "I run to be."

I love it!  It has me inspired to do more.  I want to do a marathon!  After the race, I realized that if I kept going at the pace that I was going, I would have made the cut off time for the marathon even just walk/running like I was.  It gave me the inspiration and confidence that I could do it.  Of course, now that school is in session and I am busy, it probably isn't the best time to do something like that, but I am thinking about starting training in the winter and doing an event during the spring of next year.  More updates on this to come...