thank you!!

All:

Thank you all for your support through your thoughts, phone calls, emails and prayers! They helped so much!

a huge THANK YOU goes out to my family for being there to support me, encourage me, and cheer me on throughout the race course. I looked forward to your signs and smiling faces!

Brooke, I could not have done any of this without you! Thank you for your patience the past 6 months while I trained for this event. You understood why I couldn't stay up late friday nights, and you welcomed me home each saturday morning after my long runs. Thank you for your constant prayers, your encouraging words, but most of all...thank you for believing in me. If not for you...I could not have done any of this. You are the best husband in the world!

Lastly, thank you to everyone who contributed to my fundraising! As you can see, I raised $357 over my goal...with YOUR help! the entire southern ohio chapter of Team in Training raised almost $400,000!!...all going toward finding a cure for blood related cancers. THANK YOU!

Marathon Day!

running
sunday: 26.2 MILES!!

I DID IT!! I finished the race! It was an amazing experience, and a pure miracle that my groin did not flare up. Isaiah 40:31 was the verse that kept me going strong. I finished in 5h 37m 45s, a little weary at the end, but I finished the race, and I am so thankful. The end was very hard, not only because I was worn out, but because I lost my running partner around mile 16 or so...we split and had to run the end on our own. But we both finished...great job, Nicole!

fundraising
raised: $1757
to go: $0
goal: $1400

week twenty four

running
sunday: rest
monday: rest
tuesday: rest
wednesday: Physical Therapy
thursday: rest
friday: rest
saturday: rest

*note* brooke joined me on wednesday for a short run, but we didn't go very far...my groin flared up again. I was getting a little nervous since the race is on Sunday! Rest is all I can do right now.

fundraising
raised: $1757
to go: $0
goal: $1400

week twenty three

running
sunday: 1/2 mile....injured
monday: rest
tuesday: rest
wednesday: 20 min. bike; 20 min. elliptical; weights
thursday: off
friday: off
saturday: off

*note* i went out to try at 16 miler on sunday but it hurt too bad. I will completely rest myself for at least a week! the marathon is next sunday, may 6th...i need to be ready! I'm taking it real easy and preparing myself. it is more mental than physical at this point since my training has been so far off schedule. it's 99.9% mental! I can do it!

fundraising
raised: $1747
to go: $0
goal: $1400

week twenty two

running
sunday: off
monday: injured
tuesday: physical therapy
wednesday: off/injured
thursday: 30 min. bike; weights
friday: off
saturday: off

*note* my 16 miler must have messed me up somehow. it is painful to run...but i'm not giving up!

fundraising
raised: $1622
to go: $0
goal: $1400