I DID IT!!!!

I DID IT!!!! Race day has come & gone. It's the morning after & I'm finally getting to write this...soaking in an Epsom bath 😊. This weekend has been a crazy whirlwind full of emotions, nausea, laughter...& pain. But it was SO worth it!! 

The Indy 500 Mini Marathon was AMAZING!! Never have I been in such a massive race (35,000+), seen belly dancers & dancing colored blobs, high 5ed tons of kids & a couple if cows, & been sung to by a Bob Marley cover band, neighborhood garage bands, pirates, the Soggy Bottom Boys, drunk bikers & a polka band...AND I got to kiss the famous yard of bricks!! This race was like a 13+ mile party!! I'm not fast at all. I basically kept to my planned pace (until some serious pain set in) & I'm happy about that. I got the chance to discuss Supporting Heroes with some fellow runners & even snapped selfies with some officer & firefighters. I crossed the finish line, cried...& puked. It was crazy insane!! 

This race, as were the training runs, was dedicated to the fallen public safety heroes & their survivors, but also to Scott Hopkins who helped introduce me to Supporting Heroes. He's fighting his own battle right now & he's an inspiration to me. All of these heroes are. What they have faced was never easy, but they persevered. They never gave up. They fought the fight & finished the race. As did I, for them. God bless all of the survivors as well as Scott & Melissa & family. 

"Run for them because they stood for you."

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."...2 Timothy 4:7