Half Crazy

Before. . .

On Sunday, Chris and I (and Adam, my brother) ran the Half Marathon. (Thus, we're only "half crazy"!) It was a beautiful, perfect running day. Chris has been my trainer and encourager all summer as we worked toward this goal. When we started, we had just turned in our paperwork and were on the waiting list, looking to September. I thought it would be symbolic to train for something like this while we waited to hear of our little boy.

So, as I ran, and as Chris kept pushing me to go faster, I kept thinking of this adoption process and how we were already at this point! Boy, it came fast! One of the most motivating thoughts that gave me a boost during the run was thinking about possibly going for a run IN Ethiopia while we were there to get our son. I don't know if I will be able to go, but Chris is definitely planning on it. I actually got goosebumps thinking of it, even while I was sweating my brains out!

At about mile 10, Chris mentioned, "Hey! We could do the Relay in the Wichita marathon in a month." I think I snapped at him. Oops. I shouldn't have, but I really didn't want to think about doing this again at that point.

After

It's funny how things change, because once I was across the finish line, it was all great! I ended up finishing around 1 hour, 46 minutes! Wow! I can't believe I ran that fast for that long. But, I feel like I got a lesson in running with a partner. There is NO way I would have been able to accomplish that without Chris running with me. He pushed and encouraged me the entire 13.1 miles, and I am so thankful! Thank you, honey!!! I hated it at the time, but I am proud of what we did. I ended up getting 8th place in my age group. I even got a little trophy/plaque thing. :)

I may even do this again. We'll see!

Here is a cool tree the kids found to climb.