Where in the world......

So I thought a recap of the past 2 years was in order. I broke my foot as you know, had 3 sinus surgeries, surgery for my carpal tunnel in both hands and took up running. Ok, so running might be kind of misleading, I think I am more of a jogger. My running buddy Jen and I joke that we are wogging (jogging slow enough to really be a walk). We did the Handcart Days Half marathon in July of 2011 and thought we might need another challenge to keep us motivated for the winter months so we signed up for the Canyonlands Half Marathon in March and the Ogden Marathon in May. So we sort of started training in January, sort of....Then all of a sudden it was March! So we packed our tents up and headed to Moab. We ran the race with a headwind the entire way and survived. We had not been really super smart up to this point, we weren't following our training schedule very well and so I don't know how prepared we really were but what do you do.



After the race Jason took the boys hiking (I sat in the car and read a book). They hiked up to Delicate Arch. The boys had a blast.



Once we got home I had a momentary panic attack, bought new running shoes, stocked up on the nutrition we had been lacking before this point and the next weekend we set out on our 15 mile run. I got home and cried, I don't know what I was thinking but it set in that this was going to be a painful 8 weeks.
So I am now 5 weeks away from my first marathon. Every time we do our long run I think that I am crazy for doing this to myself. We didn't tell anyone for the longest time, I think saying it out loud made it real. Me posting this here makes it very real.

I have learned a lot in the past 2 years, about a lot of things: being a better mom, being a better wife, following through, putting myself out there, letting others help now and then, being ok with the linen closet when my hubby is trying to help with the laundry, being ok with my house not being perfect, choosing to rest and say no now and then.

Running hasn't taught me most of those, but it has taught me that I can do hard things! I can run through a side ache, I can run into a head wind and not have to stop to walk, I can run up the hills and survive, I can keep going when my legs ache and my lungs are burning, I can CHOOSE to keep going! The mind is a crazy thing huh, not all my runs are good but when I am there, focused and ready I can do anything!

So there you have it!