Barb Delgado ran the GO! Half in 1:32:55, taking home a 2nd<\/sup> place age group award.<\/p>\n Carl Bost finished his second marathon.\u00a0 He has cut himself to half of his former size.\u00a0 If he keeps running marathons, he might disappear.<\/p>\n Two years ago, John Tvrdic, didn\u2019t understand my running addiction or how I could get up at the crack of dawn to log the long miles and now he has officially been bitten by the running bug.\u00a0 How many Halfs is that now JT?\u00a0 And when is the first full???<\/p>\n Lindsey Harris ran back to back half marathons this weekend, the Lincoln Half on Saturday and the GO! on Sunday.\u00a0 Lindsey ran to let the past be the sound of her feet upon the ground.\u00a0 Carry on, Girl, carry on\u2026<\/p>\n Douang, whose comments are scattered all over the pages of my blog and I absolutely love her for it, ran her first half marathon today and I know she was thinking of the sweet baby she lost way too soon.<\/p>\n Courtney, Nicole, Wes, Kris, Teri, Tracy, Megan, Chris, Julie, Laura, Brian, Andrea, Rick, Adam and probably several others that I didn\u2019t even realize were out there.\u00a0 Some ran the half, some ran the full, some ran the relay as part of a team.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t about the distance; it was about doing what unites us as runners.\u00a0 And feeling like we are a part of something bigger than ourselves.<\/p>\n Speaking of being a part of something bigger\u2026Chris Smaglis, Caleb Baldwin, John Hull, Katie Poland, Adrienne Beer and Judy West, along with so many others, ran to raise money for Team Living Water.\u00a0 Living Water is an organization that provides wells for clean drinking water in communities all around the world.\u00a0 But even more than that, they provide hope for the hopeless.\u00a0 Saturday evening I sat in church with yellow jersies scattered throughout the room.\u00a0 I was sitting next to Caleb; he was wearing his yellow jersey and a hat that had been signed by all the people who donated to Living Water through his efforts.\u00a0 Caleb wore that hat while he raced today and now it will travel to the project that he ran for so the people who will receive water from this team will know some of the names of the people who sponsored them.<\/p>\n My dad always said, \u201cSurround yourself with good people\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s obvious that I have.\u00a0 These are my friends.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t necessarily say they are always a good influence on me (ie-Nicole heckled me for my decision to practice self-control and not race today) But, like I said, these are the people who inspire me to keep doing what I love.\u00a0 It\u2019s not just about going out and winning.\u00a0 It\u2019s about pushing yourself to accomplish your own personal goals, whatever they might be.\u00a0 \u00a0There are so many reasons we race.\u00a0 Ask any one of us on any given race day and chances are you\u2019ll get a different answer.\u00a0 Sometimes it\u2019s about running for yourself, running to heal a hurt, running to remember someone, running to raise money for someone who needs something.\u00a0 Sometimes we run just because we are so grateful that we can.<\/p>\n Tomorrow I have a 20 mile training run to do.\u00a0 I won\u2019t be physically surrounded by all of these people, I probably won\u2019t even see anyone I know while I\u2019m running.\u00a0 But I know without a doubt, it will be thoughts of them, and the inspiration they are to me, that will be pulling me through each one of those 20 miles.<\/p>\n One way or another, next April I plan to listen to my heart and I hope\u00a0to be rocking a yellow jersey of my own\u2026<\/p>\n
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