TOP 10 THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEKEND:
1. Marathons are alot like giving birth (minus a baby): There's so much planning and anticipation for the "big event". You're so excited when the day finally arrives. During the actual "event", there's alot of pain and agony, and you swear you'll NEVER do this again! But afterwards, it's so great because you DID it, and now see what you've got! Huge feeling of euphoria, "that wasn't so bad", and now you can't wait for the next one! Oh, and you're surrounded by great support and encouragement and people telling you to "Push, push, keep going, you can do it!" (Sorry for the lame analogy!) :)
2. I loathe porta-potties!!!
3. I live in a really gorgeous part of the world! There are some really beautiful places that I discovered and never knew existed after living here almost 7 years!
4. I'm amazed at the strength people have, their determination to finish what they set out to do, no matter the cost or pain involved. I saw people disabled with canes walking this weekend, people crying with every step, but never stopping. Everyone had their own reasons for being there, and it kept them going.
5. This was a very emotional thing to be a part of, and it surprised me how much I teared up this weekend! Whether from the stories I heard or people I met, or just finally FINISHING!!! I was bawling the whole time.....
6. I tend to set horrendously huge goals for myself, under-estimate what it will take to get it done, and then am disappointed in myself when it doesn't go like I planned. Yep, huge lessons learned this weekend! I wasn't as prepared physically as I could've/should've been. I was so determined to do the whole 26.2 miles on Saturday that I pushed myself too hard and over-did it, so much so that I literally couldn't walk the rest on Sunday. HUGE BUMMER!!! Little do I know about this stuff! But I will do it so much better next time!
7. God is my strength! The last 3-4 miles, all I could do was repeat, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!" over and over! One foot in front of the other! And you know what, that discomfort I'm sure is nothing compared to the anguish some go through having cancer, or chemo, or losing someone they love, so bring it on!!! Now, I get it...
8. My husband is great at taking good care of me when I'm hurting!! He drove all the way down to pick me up after the walk Saturday night, rubbed my feet, brought me Ibuprofen, and tucked me in bed. (Couldn't get him to carry me up the stairs though!) I was all set up in my tent, ready to stay for the night, but it was so windy most of them were blowing over, and after I decided not to walk the next day, I figured I might as well go home and sleep in my own bed since we had to be gone by 8:00 the next am anyway. And did I mention the random tent-mate I had was CRAZY!!!????!?!?!?! That clinched it right there!
9. I can't wait to try to run one, far more better prepared of course, and I'll get my chance Aug 30th in the Inaugural Santa Rosa Marathon! I have LOTS of work to do!
10. My friends and family are great! You all supported me so much the past several months and I can't thank you enough! I hope I didn't let any of you down!
$6 million was raised for the San Fran walk, and you helped me raise $1840.00 of it! There were 2800 walkers, and I was blessed enough to be one of them! May God richly bless each of you!
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I adore your Rocky pose!
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