Aaron, thank you. I love you.
After months of training in rain, snow and sunshine, the big day is only 5 weeks away.
I have officially registered.
I am going to run the Oz Marathon in Olathe, KS.
I honestly don't know how people run marathons by themselves. They must be super fast.
It is so fun to run with friends. Big love and gratitude go out to Kasey, Darcie, Katie, Tanya, Rachelle, Lara, Puan, Becky, Jocelyn, Vera, Tia, Dion, Stacy, Melinda, Amy, and Paul for good company, support, and inspiration on runs over the past 15 weeks. Especially Darcie and Tanya who have joined Kasey and I almost every tuesday night for our mid-week 7-9 mile "short runs" and for a lot of the saturday runs, too. You girls are greatness.
Kasey and I have been putting in 30 miles a week.
Uh, yeah except for this week, where due to strep, ear infections, Aaron being out of town, and my overall feeling like total garbage, I have ran a grand total of ....
that would be zero miles.
Good thing I have 18 miles to run tomorrow morning.
I feel super unprepared and I'm totally going to die.
And I have a fever.
And my shoes are worn through in the soles, and I didn't get a chance to leave the house this week, let alone replace my shoes.
It is going to be hard.
But I am going to do it.
Cuz that's what runners do.
That's just how it goes. Life is hard, but we keep running. We need crazy stuff to happen to us once in awhile to keep us sharp, and remind us that we can do hard things.
Then, while we're whining about how "rough" we've got it, REAL crazy hard things happen to someone else, and remind us that we should just shut up because, dang, our lives are pretty good.
Can I really complain about anything bad happening today after the earthquake/tsunami/utter devastation in Japan?
I've got it pretty good. My life is good. My marriage is good. My kids are good.
So tonight, I'll just be grateful that it was just a round of illness that "shook" our house to humility.
Aaron-I'm so glad you are home. Even with the gross cold and stupid stuffed animals you brought back from Florida.
Kasey-I'll see you at 0-dark-thirty. Bring your germ-x so you don't catch strep. I'll still have 6 hrs on the clock of contagiousness. And maybe bring an extra hammergel for when I fall apart.
I would never do this without you two.
18 miles.
Cue Gob 'cuz it's the final countdown...
3 comments:
I had similar thoughts yesterday about how blessed I am and have very little to complain about. Everything is relative and we all have 'hard' things that we power through and, as a result, become even stronger.
Could we even be attempting an 18 miler if we hadn't struggled through some really bad 5 or 8 mile runs when we just weren't feeling it? Feeling super blessed that I am physically able to do something that makes me so happy.
Today's run was tough, but you did it anyway.
It must be that Adonis DNA. ;P. So glad we're in this race together!
You two have got this marathon in the bag! Good call on breaking new shoes before the race. I hope you find some good ones.
I love your perspective. That tsunami was sobering and an excellent reminder of our blessings.
Meg you are awesome! You and Kasey are going to rock that marathon.
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