Me, Kori Churney, Beth Wruck, and Laura Hoffert at the start line.
This past weekend I ran in the Community First Fox Cities Half Marathon. I kept meaning to post an update during my training process, but figured most people who read this would also be reading my facebook updates. Anyways, my journey began in February when Beth Wruck (my very best friend) and I decided to run this race together. And so the training began. We started out really slow. I had run this same race five years ago, but I was really needing to get back into shape after having three kids since then. So over the course of the last eight months we trained, ever so slowly increasing our mileage.
Around mid-May Laura Hoffert began running with me. I am so thankful for her faithfulness and encouragement. We turned out to be perfect running buddies. Whenever one of us was having a tough run they other one was there to push through. Each week we ran three times at 6am. Despite the early hours I began looking forward to each run. Running had become a journey in my relationship with the Lord, and with my running buddies. Early on I had committed to making time to spend in the Word each day before I ran. I knew that if I was going to make running a priority I needed to make God’s Word a higher priority. God blessed that desire and started teaching me so much. My friendship with Laura was another blessing! We were friends when we started running together, but the hours of uninterreupted time hitting the pavement and trails together transformed that friendship into something much deeper as we talked and shared life together.
And so this weekend was the culmination of months of training and growth. By the grace of God and in His strength we ran our half marathon on Sunday. It was amazing! Beth and her training partner were there as well as Laura and I. We all posted better times than we expected, felt great, and had so much fun! I would wager to say that we are all hooked! I can’t wait to run another one next year! So here are a few pics from this weekend.
Here I am somewhere around mile seven, I think.
Laura and I sporting our medals at the finish
Beth and I
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