Ready, set, GO! ...and accomplished.

Yesterday I ran the Seattle Rock-N-Roll Half Marathon! Finally accomplished something I began training for since November 2008. My time was 2:18:24, which is about 45 minutes better than I expected. I feel incredible. I cried at the finish line. It's hard to explain exactly how much that meant to me... I lost 30 pounds for this event... I have never felt better in my life.

Now what? I spent all that time training for this- what will I do next? I plan on doing at least two more of these this year, then next year I will do a FULL marathon- all 26.1 miles of it!! (OHMYGOSH) I'm pretty excited, it's something I really want to do- and I WILL do it!

Oh, and guess what else I'm going to try? I got an email from WSU about the varsity women's rowing team, it said that no experience was required... so I took their survey, plan on attending a meeting about the team, then trying out for it!! Ha, ha- I'm really excited. I've never even CONSIDERED rowing as something to do... Heck, I didn't even know Universities gave people a chance to try out for VARSITY teams with no experience in the sport. Girls who have been rowing since middle school try out for the team- how much chance do I have? All well, I'm going to take two rowing classes this summer, and I definitely have the strength. I just need to lose a little more weight and I think I'll have a shot. I mean, why not try- right?!? You never know, I might be a natural. :)

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