IT CAN BE DONE!

I made it!

“I’ll see you at the finish line.”  We said those words again on November 3^rd, but there was a difference from last November:  Chad was in much better shape than I.  His goal was to finish it under 2 hours.  He did.  My goal was to finish it without stopping.  I did.  (Well, I did have to use the bathroom, but runners say that doesn’t count!)

 

We did it!

This finish was extra sweet.

• Chad met his goal.
• I met my goal.
• Roger, the liver transplant survivor, was there. 

It was wonderful to see Roger at that finish line.  You see our family had gone through an extreme race this summer.  It was one that would test our endurance, patience, faith, and love.  But we finished.  And we finished strong.  (The transplant is another story---I'll write about that in another blog.)

Glenda, Roger and Chad!

• Was I in pain?  Not during the race.  But for 4 days after the race I was limping.  I doubted that I would ever run again.
• Is there good news?  Yes.  I feel better now and am already contemplating another race.
• The lesson learned?  Don't quit.  Don't give up.  Finish the course.  Keep the faith.

 

Oh, and I failed to mention that since last May I had put on about 15 pounds.  That didn't help.  it's time to lay aside every weight and sin that doth so easily beset me.  I won't list mine, but I sure know what they are!  (Chocolate anyone???)

 



Me waving at the grandkids!



This was the first time Chad saw Roger since the transplant. 
And at that time Roger was unconscious with tubes all over the place!

Chad did a PR



Yes!  We met at the finish line!

Before the race.

SEE YOU AT THE NEXT FINISH LINE!