I finished my first Marathon! As you can tell from this very bad picture of me, I was pretty dang happy to be done running 26.2 Miles! My smile could not have been bigger. I finished in 5:28:40, it took me a lot longer than I expected but my two main goals were one, to FINISH and two, to run the whole thing (with the exception of stopping at the aid stations for Gatorade, water, bananas and oranges) this is what really slowed me down, but I was so worried about becoming dehydrated. Towards mile 22 my run was looking pretty bad but it was still a run! This marathon was such a great experience and I really would do it all over again.
Me and Tandi, we trained in the beginning with each other, but then she got way too fast for me, but it was a lot of fun to talk about our long runs every week, and it was so nice to have a buddy at the Marathon. We have known each other since we were like four yrs. old!
Mile 25: I am feeling pretty awesome that I just passed two Grandpa's and a person with a knee injury. The sad thing is- these two Grandpa's aced me out in the last .2 miles.
I had SO Much support! I could not have done it with out these guys! I really had the thought that I might not finish around mile 21 and then....... I saw Roman, Michelle, Rachel, and Roxanne and Millie, with their motivational signs, I really was crying I was so happy! Around mile 23- Rick, Cheryl, and Grandma Phyl-Phyl were cheering me on , Mile 25- Beetle and our kids, and my parents at the finish line, also everyone else had made their way back to the finish line. There is no way I could have quit with all of this support!
Beetle and the kids were my biggest fans and I really could not have done it without them. They had to sacrifice a lot in order for me to achieve my goal. I had to be away from home more than I wanted to be and Beetle was so good to watch the kids and also let me take naps after those long training runs. Thanks again everyone for all of your support, I am so glad I did it!
I finished my first Marathon! As you can tell from this very bad picture of me, I was pretty dang happy to be done running 26.2 Miles! My smile could not have been bigger. I finished in 5:28:40, it took me a lot longer than I expected but my two main goals were one, to FINISH and two, to run the whole thing (with the exception of stopping at the aid stations for Gatorade, water, bananas and oranges) this is what really slowed me down, but I was so worried about becoming dehydrated. Towards mile 22 my run was looking pretty bad but it was still a run! This marathon was such a great experience and I really would do it all over again.
Me and Tandi, we trained in the beginning with each other, but then she got way too fast for me, but it was a lot of fun to talk about our long runs every week, and it was so nice to have a buddy at the Marathon. We have known each other since we were like four yrs. old!
Mile 25: I am feeling pretty awesome that I just passed two Grandpa's and a person with a knee injury. The sad thing is- these two Grandpa's aced me out in the last .2 miles.
I had SO Much support! I could not have done it with out these guys! I really had the thought that I might not finish around mile 21 and then....... I saw Roman, Michelle, Rachel, and Roxanne and Millie, with their motivational signs, I really was crying I was so happy! Around mile 23- Rick, Cheryl, and Grandma Phyl-Phyl were cheering me on , Mile 25- Beetle and our kids, and my parents at the finish line, also everyone else had made their way back to the finish line. There is no way I could have quit with all of this support!
Beetle and the kids were my biggest fans and I really could not have done it without them. They had to sacrifice a lot in order for me to achieve my goal. I had to be away from home more than I wanted to be and Beetle was so good to watch the kids and also let me take naps after those long training runs. Thanks again everyone for all of your support, I am so glad I did it!
11 comments:
Way to go Mindy you are awesome! I am so proud of you, that is quite the accomplishment. Now it is time to start training for the Egg-Nog Marathon.
You are amazing Mindy, you should be so proud of yourself!!!
Mindy you made our day... we are so glad we got to see you in the race. You made the Smart family so proud! We are so lucky to have you in our family.
Way to go Mindy! You really are an awesome runner, I don't even think signs would have helped me finish! I am so proud of you! Sara
MINDY!! I finally found my way to your blog!! You did so awesome and I'm so glad that you ran it with me. I'm so proud of you!!
Now I'll have to check in with you and your fam through the blogosphere!
See ya!
Tandi
Way to go Mindy! That is so awesome! What an awesome accomplishment!
Mindy!! So good to see you, even if it is in blogland. :) Way to go on your marathon. When & if I ever do a marathon, I want to do that one. Seriously, you should be so proud of yourself.
Congrats Mindy! I knew you could do it but I am still impressed. I am with Beetle, now onto the egg nog Marathon.
You are awesome MINDY!!!! I am so proud of you what a great accomplishment. I hope you don't mind I found your blog through a message you left on Mariah's blog. Good luck with all your future goals!
I am so proud of you NINNY!
Mindy, you are my hero! Congrats on the big race! I hope to be able to run a marathon next year. I'm putting together a team for a huge distance team relay next August. Let me know if you're interested. The website is http://www.hoodtocoast.com/index.php
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