Well, once again... it's almost here!!!!! We won't get to write a blog tonight because we will be in Atlanta, so here it is!! Lance and I have our bags packed and are ready to hit the road. We have 2 gallons of water, 2 pedialytes, and MANY bagels to make the trip with us. We both feel great and have fresh legs, we are ready to RUN. Lance totaled up all the miles and hours we have put into this training. We have trained for over 88 hours and ran over 630 miles. We haven't stopped for a second since the first week in August. When we first began our training, Thanksgiving Day seemed so far away, but we both knew it would be here before we knew it and it is! There were many runs I thought every mile, "this is never going to end" but it always ends and you always wake up for that next run. It is fun yet so challenging, challenging not only to your physical strength and ability but also your mental strength. We have both pushed ourselves harder and farther than ever before and we are confident we will be successful in this race.
I think it is ironic I will be running my third marathon with my husband-to-be on such an important day of thanksgiving. I am SO thankful for the gift God has given me to run the distance, and I pray I never forget where my strength and determination comes from. And even more, I am so thankful for my sweet, wonderful, amazing fiance who has changed my life in so many wonderful ways. This training and journey to the marathon would have not been the same without him. We have so much to be thankful for, it's sad we only think there is one day out of the whole year when we should reflect on everything we are thankful for. I am reminded daily of all the blessings God has given me, I don't deserve any of them but am so very thankful for them all!! Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving :)
"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31
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