I haven't written here in over a YEAR! WOW. I have continued my running.. I ran a half marathon last November and few races here and there. Unfortunately running hasn't been as frequent as it was. Since June, our family has been clobbered by bad circumstances, so I slacked off for awhile. Stress will do that to you. Just to give a rundown. I got pregnant in May, in June my husband was laid off, and 2 weeks later I miscarried. We spent June through August scrimping and stressing, and in August, since no offers were coming in for my husband, I went back to work, after 3 years of being a stay at home mom. We now have completely switched roles and are taking everyday as it comes, hoping that sooner or later things will get better. Anyway.. now that you are all caught up. I'm going to tell you about what I'm going to be doing to be changing some things up a bit for myself.
Monday morning at 10:38, I decided I was going to run the disney world marathon.. But not just run it.. I was going to run it for charity. Its my dream to run this marathon. In fact its the reason I started running in the first place, but I know how hard it is to train and do all that work. I couldn't just do it for myself, if I'm running for someone else, for a mission, than when things get tough, and they will, I can keep going for them, for that mission.
It took a little while to choose a charity. As all of them I felt passionately about. I did narrow it down to one, one that strikes a chord in me, Inheritance of Hope. Its an organization the supports families with a parent who has a terminal illness. Why does that strike a chord you ask? Because my husband lost his mother at 13, and unlike the families that this organization supports, he had no one. He had to go through it all on his own, and no one should suffer alone. That has especially stuck home in the last few months. Thankfully to friend and family we haven't had to, but no everybody has that, and we all need support, we all need to know someone is caring for us through our hard times.
I'm so excited to be doing this. I started training this week. Its been great to get back into a regular running schedule and have a goal I'm working toward. I look forward to toeing the starting line after all the hard work.
In order to run and do this race I have to raise $2000. Which isn't a small feat.. much like the marathon. With everything that has happened in the last 6 months, I want to do something that is bigger than myself, bigger than anything I've tried, but unlike the big things I've had to face in recent events, I can conquer this one. I can help someone, by doing something I love. I can walk away from this huge endeavor saying I did it, I ran 26 miles, while I ran it, I got to make impact on someone else life..
For now this going to be my main blog that I'm going to documenting this whole journey I'm taking. There will be many picture, many post, and hopefully a video or 2; start to finish, beginning to end, it will be here.
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