Ten Miles

At the start of the year I set out to run the Ogden Marathon this coming weekend. It was going to be my goal to motivate me to stay in shape. Well we are less than a week away and I have had to reduce my goal to just running a 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) this coming Saturday. All of the time spent with Bryson down in Utah has not allowed me to train as much as I needed to complete the full 26.2 miles. However, I do feel like completing 13.1 miles will be a worthwhile accomplishment because of my purpose in running. Ever since Bryson came to us, I have felt a renewed motivation to keep running to keep the pounds off because I felt like "Who Am I?" to waste a healthy heart when Bryson and so many other kids struggle with heart problems from birth. I am running in honor of Bryson, Alex, Dillon and all of those special heart kids out there that are simply amazing. Friday night I had Jennylin drop me off ten miles from home. With my Ipod in hand and a water bottle I set my sights for home. As I ran (jogged is proably more like it) I had lots of time to think about how running long distance is so much like life. If I start out too fast I get tired quickly, if I start out too slow then I am not making progress very fast. The key for me is to find a comfortable pace and find that border of constantly pushing myself to progress but not tire quickly. I hope I am ready for this weekend and hope that I can do Bryson, Alex and the gang proud!! The pictures are some shirts that Jen had made up for this weekend!!