*Besides the bragging rights (and the fact that it’s been on my life’s to-do list for over a decade), one of the main reasons I was most excited to run a marathon was for the shirt. No, I’m serious—I have always wanted me a nice, spandex running shirt that I knew I had earned in …
Salt Lake Marathon, 2012
I don’t even know where to start with this post because so much has happened and I have so many emotions going around my insides about our first marathon experience (and possibly only full marathon experience, lol) that I’m afraid I’ll leave something out. But you’ve got to start somewhere, so here goes: I’ll start …
Big Day Jitters
Although this was a poster created about the Boston Marathon earlier this week, this is exactly how I feel knowing that it’s supposed to be warm weather tomorrow. What a way to kick off my first marathon, huh? Oh, and last night, I had my first tossing-and-turning, dreaming-all-night-about-waking-up-late-for-the-marathon episode. I won’t be sleeping a wink …
Book #7: Close to Famous
Title: Close to FamousAuthor: Joan Bauer# of Pages: 250Genre: Young Adult (Realistic Fiction) Before last weekend, I couldn’t tell you the last time that I sat down and read a book from start to finish without stopping. But such was the case with Close to Famous–I hadn’t intended to sit down and read the whole …
Tuesday Tell-All
*I attempted to go on a photo walk all by myself on Sunday right before church–I was determined to get a picture of some of the magnolia blooms that are all over the place right now. And you know what? They’re everywhere right now until you go looking for one that wouldn’t be totally creepy …
Marathon Training, Week Fifteen
Well, here we are, folks–we are officially into marathon week. Can I get a “YIKES!” from the crowd? So last week was my last full week of marathon training. It felt rather weird, actually, because you’re supposed to taper down significantly the week before a race, and so I just felt kinda lazy. I mean, …
Reborn Again & Again
While typing up my mission journals, I occasionally come across thoughts that hit me with as much weight now as they did when I first wrote them. This morning I came across this paragraph that I feel I could as easily have written today as I could have back when I was six weeks into …
Book Fair Bounty
Remember how I talked in my Tell-All post this week about the Scholastic Book Fair on campus that Matt and I look forward to all year long? Well folks, this is why. We got all these books (all brand-new), for under $100. Sure, we might not be able to go out on a date night …