Half-Marathon!!

May 16, 2010 ran my first half marathon in Cary, NC!!! I had been training for 4 months and crossing that finish line was one of the most amazing feelings in the world!! I actually got tears in my eyes-it might have just been because I just ran 13.1 miles and I was exhausted :) but either way the sense of accomplishment was overwhelming!! :) There is something about setting a goal that only "you" can accomplish and meeting it that gives you this crazy high!! I mean I had amazing support from my husband who never complained during training and he would simply reply "how far you going today?" But I had to decide to put the shoes on...I had to decide to run when all I wanted to do was take a nap...I had to decide the pain was worth crossing that finish line!!! And when all was said and done and every step had been ran-there was no headline telling the world what "Terri Sherrard had just accomplished!" there was no announcement or a lot of people standing at the finish line to congratulate me...there was just me, (and my amazing husband of course), my sore legs, my throbbing ankles, and my Addidas gel shoes, and a lot of sweat!! But the sense of finality...the sense of success...and like I said before there was an overwhelming sense of accomplishment!! I have always loved running! The alone time...time to pray and sing songs to my Jesus (in my head of course)...time to listen to music that makes me smile or makes me think...time to put life in perspective! No matter what is going on in my life...I go for a long run...when I get back all of a sudden it is not that big of a deal! It is a source of comfort for me and a source of releasing frustrations and stress! I never imagined I would actually train for a half-marathon! 6 miles was my limit! And I had always thought after running 6 miles I cannot imagine turning around and running that again-plus one more mile!! But here I am! I done did it! Yes, I said that....I done did it!! Now to train for a marathon!! I can say that when I finished the half-marathon I thought..."I cannot imagine turning around and doing that again!" Maybe I will prove myself wrong once again....we shall see!!!