YAY!

Let me be honest..
one thing I had been telling myself throughout this semester was..
"I just wanna get done with this marathon! and never do it again!"
...
NOT...
I actually LOVED every moment of the race.
Of course, it was not easy. However, it was one of the best experiences in my life.
The feeling of sprinting the last mile and running into the finish line was the best.
Congratulations to all the others who have accomplished this together :D

Jade

we did it!!

Guys,

So, it was pretty darn rewarding to check something as big as a marathon off of my bucket list. There were some points when I felt like I wasn't going to be able to finish, but by God's grace and my friends' and family's support, I crossed the finish line at 4:51. I'm still a little sore, but I suppose that being 19 helps with the whole quick recovery thing.

I've had so much fun running with you guys... Thank you Dr. Wright for all of your teaching and support. I look forward to seeing you guys around campus (not necessarily at 7:30 am)... Happy holidays, and congratulations to you all for being brave enough to attempt something epic! :-)

Thanks everyone.

Hello,

While not officially in the class, I truly appreciate being allowed to train and learn with all of you. I've enjoyed running with you and getting to know you. Congratulations to everyone! If I can ever do anything for you, feel free to drop by my office in the Physics Department. Thanks so much Dr. Wright for all of your encouragement.

Grace and Peace,

Rusty

We finished.

Congrats guys! I'm running the Austin Marathon on 2.14.2010. I hope to see you there.

S.

So, I finished the half-marathon in under two hours, after the soles of my feet started killing me at mile mark 6. However, I didn't really realize something was wrong, until someone came to me after the race and asked me if I knew my feet were bleeding through my shoes. I was bleeding from the first two toes on both feet and will end up loosing two toe nails. I honestly never thought that I would run more then 2 miles, being a sprinter my entire life, and so I was excited to perform as well as I did. I actually think that I will one day run the entire marathon. I appreciate everything Dr. Wright and am glad you were able to finish. 

el fin.

Okay, I never thought I'd be saying this, but running a marathon was kind of fun. I mean, I felt really exhausted at some points and I can barely walk today, but it was definitely worth it. I ran most of the way with Jade and Cindy, which was absolutely awesome! Having people you know around you to push you is so great. We would run three minutes and then walk for one minute, which worked out really well, I think. And Jade was running the stopwatch (I forgot mine), so that was a huge blessing that she did that for us!!!!! I was feeling pretty good up until mile twenty, and then I was like, 'Yes, almost finished, but not really because five miles is still quite a ways! Ah!' But you know what, who would have thought that random strangers could be so encouraging and convicting! Seriously, it was so awesome having those people there! They were so great. I also really liked the orange slices; they were also very encouraging. I'm back in Abilene now, so I'm going to break out the ice and see what I can do about all of these achy muscles!!!

Congrats everyone! You guys are just so great and class has been really fun with you guys....really, it has. I hope I'll see you around in the future (I may not recognize you unless you're wearing running garb and looking rather sleepy, but I"ll do my best).


Dr. Wright!!! It was awesome seeing you at the race! Your perseverance inspired me! Thanks for practicing/running what you teach. You rock (white rock, that is).

kristen

Dec. 7th 2009...thoughts from last week, though written this week.

Well!!! This post is for last week...I'm sorry I'm a little but behind. Well the week before the marathon, I ended up running about eight miles before feeling that I really needed to be studying instead of running. I did try to push myself at a faster pace than I normally do (so as to maybe make up what I lacked in distance...if that's even a valid thought). Anyway, a few days after that I played racquet ball with a friend for almost two hours; that was a really great cardio workout in disguise, and I woke up the next day feeling really sore, with a big ol' blister on my right big toe. Yikes! Not worry, though, it healed up really quickly. Whew. Also, I tried really hard to eats lots of healthy food during that whole pre-week. (jumping to present tense something......)At this point
I am beginning to wonder if Sunday the 13th is going to become the next Friday the 13th, or something like that. I am terrified and my goal is to finish in under six hours, five and a half if possible.
Anywho! Hopefully I'll see all of you guys around! Best of luck!

kristen