I just finished another layout…here is the 1st part of 3 pages. It’s from my marathon I did a few years back. I will post the other two pages in a jiff.
The Journaling: It will be two years ago this November that I ran this race. Most of the details have since slipped by me but I do have a few vivid memories that surface to the top of my head of that weekend. I remember being all alone the night before at the hotel. Don ditched me for dinner to go eat with his new girlfriend Laurel. I remember calling mom from the parking lot of Dicks Sporting Goods in Raleigh crying b/c I was all alone.
I remember small details from the day of the race. Don grabbed my hand to pray before we took off. I was scared to death & was hoping my IT band was going to be o.k. I started feeling pain at mile 2 and was thinking about dropping out. I kept running & slowly forgot about the pain. I started feeling pretty strong and Don & I were stride for stride. I remember feeling great at mile 13. We saw mom & dad & stopped for a few seconds to get a picture in. Don & I were well under 2 hours and we were thinking we might could finish in 3 hours and 30 minutes. At mile 17 we both hit what they call ”the wall.” We started to stop every few feet to stretch together. After a few miles I remember Don stopped again b/c he was having trouble. My IT band was killing me and I was afraid if I stopped again I wouldn’t be able to start back up. I kept on and received encouragement from other runners. I remember at mile 21 a lady was passing out chocolate chip brownies. I grabbed one and devoured it. It was the best thing I had ever put in my mouth. I can still recall how it tasted. Candice was waiting for me at mile #23 and when I saw her I started crying. She ran the rest of the way with me. I remember telling her that I could not feel my legs. And, I remember asking her at one point if we were still running or if we were walking – I couldn’t tell. Candice talked me through the end and I crosed that finish line!! When I saw my dad afterwards he told me that he didn’t think I was going to finish. Don came in minutes later. I remember going back to the hotel room to take an ice bath. While I was sitting in that freezing cold ice, my friend Sarah called me to see how I did. She was my only friend to call that day. It meant the world to me & I will never forget it…one simple phone call. After we checked out, mom drove me back home. We stopped at Bo Jangles & I ordered a chicken supremes combo & a sweet tea. I ate the whole thing. I can still remember how good that biscuit tasted.
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