Today I ran my second half marathon! The Eau Claire Marathon is a great race on beautiful trails winding through the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers.
- I had a goal to beat my time from my last half of 1:55:09. Said goal was not met by 27 seconds. Am I going to beat myself up over it? No! I had a good run and I am happy with that!
- Thank you to my running partners yesterday. There was not a lot of talking going on during the huffing and puffing, but just having you all near was support enough! Running friends are the best!
- Another hill…I just went up one! For the love!
- Loved seeing all of the purple Moms on the Run shirts and having the awesome support of my fellow mother runners!
- When I felt tired and my mind started to taunt me into quitting, I stopped focusing on how far I had to go and instead just focused on being in the moment, loving the run and putting one foot in front of the other.
- Thank you family, friends, and random strangers for cheering us on! It helped!
- Blugold mile – great motivation to run faster! There was no other option, I could NOT stop with all those people around!
- Four years ago I was not a runner! When I saw a runner on the street, I would think, “why would you want to run for fun or exercise?!” Now I get it and it is all because of Moms on the Run! Now, onto Grandma’s half marathon!