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May 26, 2008
Catching Up
Busy (but great!) past few days!
1) First of all, I have to note O's great race today at the Kevin Gatons Memorial 5K! His goal was 18:30 and he ran 18:08. Can't beat that! I was so proud to see him come racing around the final turn while I still saw 17:xx on my watch. He was cruising! He wrote about his race on his blog though so I'll let you read about it there. Either way, I have to say that being equipment manager is tough! My main concern was losing the car key but luckily I didn't. And although she tried, Roxy did not successfully rip my arm out of it's socket while trying to chase visit yet another dog/runner/walker/bagel/squirrel/etc... This was the first race we ever brought her to and it just might be her last... :)
2) Speaking of racing, I have to do a little bragging about my teammate Kelly Lear-Kaul who cruised to a 2ND OVERALL placing at IM Brazil yesterday (including all the pro women!). She went 9:52:40 and ran an astounding 3:19 marathon. Pretty impressive if you ask me, considering she is a true amateur in the sense that she works full time (forensic pathologist). Yeah Kelly! Of course she is no stranger to success seeing as how she is the reigning IM World Champ for the 35-39 women!
In other racing news, I have to congratulate my friend Chad (and Matt and Eric!) for rocking this crazy race in Ohio called the Triple T. It consists of 1 sprint, 2 Olympic distance and 1 half IM triathlons over a 3 day span. Pure craziness! Great job guys!
3) Coach says okay to the open water swim race in late June! YIPPPEEEE! I'm super excited for it and the opportunity to get a little open water practice in.
4) My training has gone well the past couple days! Long run on Sunday followed by church and then a lot of great family time with my grandparents and parents. This morning O and I woke up bright and early to drive to his race. I was on dog duty so I couldn't do my run until after O was done racing (and was sufficiently recovered) so it was a bit toasty by then, but still I had a great run. The race was in the town I grew up in so I got to run on the roads I grew up running on. Lots of memories! :)
After the race/my run O and I headed to his parent's house for more family time so we didn't get home until 4:30 or so at which point I still had a bike interval workout to do. Of course I wasn't much in the mood to do anything but lay on the couch but I got on my bike nevertheless and rocked those intervals! I was working hard, sweat flying, legs burning. Those trainer sessions can be brutal!
5) While I was on my trainer riding myself to a bloody pulp I was listening to O's iPod. Mine was out in the car and I was WAYYYY to lazy to go get it. So I was jamming to some tunes that I've certainly heard before but aren't necessarily on my top play lists. Anyway, one of the songs that came on was a song I haven't heard for quite some time but really like. It was Third Day's Carry My Cross. It's such a great song. It truly is. I know not everyone (not many people in fact) are fans of Christian music. And indeed, I agree that some of it is not so good (but trust me when I say it's come a longggggg way!). Anyway, Carry My Cross reminds me of the prayer that I started to pray some time ago before O and I were even married. I was a relatively new Christian and new to the concept of "carrying our crosses daily". So at that time I started to pray EVERY SINGLE MORNING for the Lord to help me carry my cross that day.
I've been praying that for a long time now. And let me tell you, sometimes I fail miserably at carrying my cross that day. I fail more than I succeed. But that's the beauty of God's grace. Here is what the chorus says:
"So I'll carry my cross
And I'll carry the shame
To the end of the road
Through the struggle and pain
And I'll do it for love
No, it won't be in vain
Yes, I'll carry my cross
And I'll carry the shame"
It's my prayer for every one reading this blog right now. Carry your cross daily.
Posted by beth at May 26, 2008 9:11 PM
Comments
so who would win in a race off now between you and O.? time to set a date ;0). i know, can you believe kelly's fantastic race in Brazil...i am so choked. between her and brooke, my age group at all of the local races is freakin' stacked!!!!!
Posted by: kerrie at May 27, 2008 5:13 PM