I Love My Family

Can I just say how much I love my family.  Let me wax "sappy" for a moment.  A few months ago I asked Mike if he would do a marathon with me.  He very enthusiastically said he would.  This last weekend we ran the Portneuff Medical Center Marathon in Pocatello-- the big day.  I really never would have done it if Mike had not been there with me.  I was so glad to not be alone for this voluntary act of insanity.  He ran with me for the first few miles, and then I knew I couldn't keep his pace for the whole race, so I backed off and let him take off turbo speed ahead. 

Skip ahead to the last three miles-- where I had turned off my headphones to concentrate on talking back to all the negative thoughts in my head.  It was a serious mental battle-- more than just being physically tired, I was mentally trying to stay sane.  I had stopped no less than 6 blasted times to use the nice little porta potties-- ug!! (That was a mental thing for me too, I finally realized.....my gut was playing tricks on me) and I was just hoping to make it to see LL race.  The thing that helped me the most was that I knew my family was waiting for me at the finish.  When I realized that they were all waiting for me and cheering me on, I really found it hard to even think of quitting.  My wonderful parents,siblings and in-laws that could come were there with their kids-- waiting very patiently for us to finish! They didn't have to wait as long for Mike!!   To top it off, Missy gave us an awesome leg massage afterward.  I will do the same for her when she does her first marathon!!

LL did so great on her run! I was shocked that I made it in time to see her-- she won third place in her division.  I have to say, it made it that much sweeter to do something like this when one of my kids was joining in the craziness!!

Thanks so much you guys for coming to see us run.  It was so much fun to have you there.  It was great to go to Mike and Wendy's place and hang out and eat and visit.  The marathon was really beautiful.  I saw a part of the Pocatello area that I hadn't seen before.  After the swelling in my second toe on my left foot goes down a little, maybe I will think about doing another one in the future......Anyone want to come along?

Our first running event together!

My speedy brother. 

Sista!