Chicago Marathon

Yesterday 10-10-10 I ran the Chicago Marathon as most of you know! It was such an amazing expierience that I will always remember. 45,000 people and I place 8,126. I ran the 26.2 miles in 3:59:16...just under 4 hours (the time I was going for)! The first 22 miles felt like nothing. It wasn't until the last three miles that my muscles started tensing up like I've never felt before, but there was no way I was about to stop running. I put one foot in front of the other until I got to that finish line. The end was all worth it as I was greeted with a medal and a nice cold gatorade. I ran the race in my Team World Vision jersey with our two sponsered children Bonface from Kenya and Dinkishe from Ethiopia pinned on my shirt. (Which is kind of ironic because the first place winner for the marathon was from Kenya and the second place was from Ethiopia). Looking at our sponsered childrens faces kept me going till the end as I knew I was running this race for them. Our team raised this money specifically for wells to be built in African villages of Kenya and Ethiopia. It was so cool how everyone on Team World Vision supported and encouraged eachother through out the race. You saw an orange jersey and you hooped and hollared to eachother! There was a connection there with eachother. As we all knew exactly what we were running for. This is definatley not the end of my marathon journey. It's like eating chips and salsa...once you eat one you can't stop. I already have my next marathon I will be training for in March, the ocean drive marathon. I will still be running for team world vision and gathering donations to be built in Africa. So if you couldn't donate this time, you'll have your chance to donate again. Thanks so much for those of you who did this time. And a special thank you to my husband who encouraged me when I wanted to give up.