Race Day!

I crossed the finish line!

Yesterday morning, I got up at about 4:30am to get ready. I never got to meet up with any of the French-Lemoners, but I did run into one of my favorite professors so we started the race together.

Since I trained mainly in the freezing cold winter, it was a big change to run in 70 degree weather. I did not mind it though. The sun was shining and Nashville looked beautiful. It also helps when you have great cheerleaders!

I only ran maybe 4 miles. While I know this is good considering my training lately has stunk, it still was a little disappointing. Pre-radiation I had gotten up to a very comfortable 4.5 miles and ran up to 8. During radiation though I have only been able to 2 without wanting to fall over. This just means I will be racing again next year.

After 13.1 miles, I was super glad to see the finish line and my friends. Yea!

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Yesterday afternoon I went with Lindsey and her sister Jennifer to get out numbers for the race tomorrow.

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You can keep with me during the race by going to the Country Music Marathon website. (http://www.cmmarathon.com/home.html)

Seriously lift up a little prayer for me because I have worked hard for this and have wanted to do this for awhile. My energy has not been up to par lately and while I say it does not matter how I get over that finish line, I think I would be disappointed if I didn't run most of it. So prayers for safety, energy, and pride. :)

Country Music Half Marathon

Back in January I signed up to participate in the Country Music Half Marathon. It seemed like a good idea at the time... in reality it was me falling to peer pressure (French Lemoners!) and thinking if 5 miles (Boulevard Bolt) was so bad then 13 miles isn't that much more. (Ha!)

I started training. It took me awhile to get to 3, but then I was able to work up steadily. I would get up early and run in the cold or make my way to the SAC at Lipscomb. For the most part, I enjoyed it. (Most part...) I had friends that would run too for awhile which was encouraging. Many dropped off, but there are still a few running strong (yea Marianna and Lindsey!).

Due to recent weeks events, my running has really suffered. I know it won't be possible to run the whole thing, but I am going to run as much of it as I can. I will crawl across that line if I have to. Money and time has been put into this race, but mostly importantly it was a goal I had given myself. I refuse to let it go.

So if you happen to be up between the hours of 7am and 10:30am, come out to the course and cheer! It would mean a lot (not just to me!) to the runners which have worked hard to get there.
Here is a link to the map...
http://www.cmmarathon.com/course_info.html

Looking forward to Saturday!