We woke up, we ran, we went home.

I ran marathon. I am still in shock. It was amazing. My IT band gave me heck at mile 11 and I thought that was it. However, due to many prayers I was able to run after some stretching and finish the race still running. Molly, Andy, Matt, Aaron, Courtney, and Taylee all come to cheer me on and support me and it was so great and meant a lot to me.   Thank you guys so much!!! Running with Laura was great and her family was there too cheering for us as well.

 Laura is the best friend ever, she stayed with me the whole time even though I had to go slow the last 15 miles because of my knee. 

Cheeseball.

Now, I just need to keep strenghtening my knees so that I can work on getting faster!  Running a marathon is the type of experience that you cannot really understand until you have done it. It is the culmination of months and months of training for a challenge that pushes and streches you both physically and emotionally. I felt the sad valleys of discouragement and the euphoric peaks of accomplishment.