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Marathon Week

I have spent the last 18 weeks of my busy busy life training for a 26.2 mile run and it has been a lot more work than I could have anticipated. My husband has spent a lot of hours either biking alongside, running alongside, or watching the kids as I have completed mile after mile of training. My kids have been troopers doing stroller runs, bike rides, or waiting on mom to finish a run. Having a full-time job, being a mom, wife, daughter, sister, etc. etc. has made it challenging to find the time to put it the miles, do the cross training, and fuel my body to support my training. It has been A LOT. I have enjoyed most of the journey while some of the journey has felt like a chore. I have been HUNGRY, TIRED, SORE but also JOYFUL, GRATEFUL, and PROUD. When negative thoughts would creep into my head, I pushed them out with gratitude and positive thinking. Being proud and appreciative of a body that is able to do this. This health is the dream of so many and I will not take it for granted....
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How I Got Started

In 2019, my husband and I were at Disney World (again) with our one year old son during marathon weekend. At the time, I was not a runner but being the Disney fanatic that I am, I decided that I would add doing a Disney half marathon to my bucket list. My husband was skeptical about my ambitions couch to half marathon plan. Sometimes I dream big so he’s pretty much used to it.  Instead of squashing my dream, he encouraged me to try running a 10K first before registering for a half marathon.  When we got home from Disney, I talked about training and kept talking about the race but it wasn’t until April that I started to train. I began running with my husband (who typically ran 3 miles 3-4/week). I was slow and I couldn’t run more than half a mile without stopping to walk. It was discouraging and frustrating at times but I was determined to stick with it. I began incentivizing myself with “if you run 2 miles without stopping, then…” “if you run 5 miles without stopping, then…” T...
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