The morning after Cora's birthday party I drove myself to Providence, RI, for the first half of the spring season. I was feeling a bit emotional and flustered. So my plan for the race was to just enjoy the couple hours of time to myself doing what I love. No expectations or race time goals. I guess I should run more races that way or go into more races feeling flustered and emotional. I was flustered because I was running late that morning and had an hour to drive plus figuring out where to park, pick up bib, etc. I was feeling emotional from the let down of Cora's party and realizing how we didn't have any family with us. I had a great surprise at mile 10 - Ethan and the girls. They almost missed me. I almost missed seeing them. It was a great lift. I felt good, enjoyed the scenery and people around me. I finished with a 6 minute PR! 6 minutes. I worked so hard while training for my marathon last year to PR in the half and I only did by a couple minutes. On this day with no intentions of a PR I ran 6 minutes faster than I ever have. I was ecstatic. Even Ethan was surprised.
I wore a turquoise flower for this race which means Believe. The entire race I kept telling myself " I am going to succeed because I am brave enough to know I can." Which is the meaning behind the flower. The flower is part of a company called Fellow Flowers - out of Madison, WI. Read more about their philosophy here.
http://fellowflowers.com/about-fellow-flowers/our-philosophy/
So, So, Proud of you Daughter!! I would've enjoyed capturing you through my lens!!
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