Running..and other things

This last weekend marked the culmination of 16+ weeks of me running...a lot. I decided when I got to my new home that I was going to run this half marathon that they put on every year. Why? Honestly? Cause I'm stupid, ha. But mainly because I wanted to see if I could do it. My friend Tim from Phoenix decided he was going to be dumb as well and run this thing as well. AND travel to this city to do it. When he could have run this craziness in Phoenix. Much appreciated to say the least. You'll all be happy to hear I made it (obviously) and not too worse for the wear. My time wasn't the GREATEST... but I ran 13 miles. On a cold cloudy Sunday morning. For no reason other than to say that I was able to. Don't have one picture of myself during that day but...I do have one of my finishers medal.




And that's pretty dang cool. And speaking of accomplishments....I managed to do 2 things that I had been looking forward to doing and I did them all on my own. 1) I shopped for my very first grown up Christmas tree. Its not real, but its good enough. Add my own decorations that I picked out and its everything I'd want it to be. 2) I bought myself a dining room set. A small table and 4 chairs and I put it together myself. All by myself with my own tools. Now you may say those are some really minor accomplishments but to me, they meant a lot. Mostly reinforcing something I've known for a really long time, and that is that I am capable of doing pretty much anything if I make up my mind to do it. Now if I could apply it to some other things in my life I'd be all set but all in good time right? The lesson for today is a) running is good, but running for a reason is even better and b) know what you are capable, push yourself past your comfort zone, and if you can't, leave it for another day, it'll still be there tomorrow.

Oh and here's that dining room set...in case you're wondering :)