Saturday, October 20, 2012

Thankful

Today was the day my dear friend Erica and I have been waiting for since about May when we decided to hit the road running and accomplish something both of us have wanted to accomplish for some time.  So we worked hard, and we trained, and we arrived at Lafayette early this morning for our first every Mini Marathon.
Before Picture

After Picture
We were so happy to finish it and still be alive:).  And now for a much needed break from running!!
 I was very thankful that my knee's didn't bother me to much.  A couple times, but they were both times I was able to overcome the discomfort.  I was extremely dizzy afterwards, but with some fluids in me and a curb to sit on, I soon overcame that as well.  I was happy with my time which my goal was to run it in 2 hours and 20 minutes.  I crossed the finish line in 2 hours and 7 minutes.  So very thankful!  Thanks Erica for being my training partner!  You are a mighty great friend!!

7 comments:

Mindy said...

Way to go Girls!

Joy said...

Glad you got some pics! I just realized that you finished a mini in the same time I finished my 10k. Yikes I'm slow...way to go! You look super skinny!!

Erica Gutwein said...

It was quite the experience....thanks for your encouragement throughout all the training and on race day! Glad we got to do it together! Love you friend!!

Sandra said...

seriously joy??? You sure about that? Didn't you do more like an hour and something rather than 2 hours????

THanks mindy!

Thank you erica for your encouragment as well!! AND especially for your prayers on race day for my knee!! Love you too!

emilykate said...

nice work!

bri said...

good job!

Joy said...

Oh ha!! Your right. It was an hour and 8 minutes I finished my 10k. Well, anywhoo...you still did a fabulous job for having a baby 6 months ago. No one would ever know you had a 6 month old.