Teton Dam marathon!!!

Wow! I did it! All my hard work paid off! It was truly an amazing experience. I can't wait to do it again. The finish line was an emotional thing for both Alex and I. Man i have the best husband in the world! Alex got a little teary eyed because he has watched me prepare so much for this. He also knows that i'm not a natural runner by any means. We reminisced yesterday about how i could barely run a mile at the beginning of the year and how my face would be bright red when i was done. ha ha! But Alex has been such a wonderful support this past 3 months of training. He really has cheered me on the whole time! I'm so grateful for him.

I was emotional at the finish line because i feel like all the difficulties about my recent tumor surgery, health conditions due to my thyroid, and my whole infertility trial didn't get the best of me. I almost felt like at the finish line that was the end of it all. It was over. I remember when i came home from my mission, my sister Corky ran up to me screaming and almost knocked me down. Corky just ended a 15 year marriage where she had been the brunt of much abuse. The divorce was difficult and dealing with her own scares and medical conditions, as well as the new forming emotional scars of her children, it was all a little too much for her to handle. She said that when she saw me it was like a feeling came over her of 'it's over'! It was all coming to an end. I now know slightly what she felt like.

It is far from the end, but at least hope is attained with that chapter closing. I can move onto the next chapter knowing that i can beat it. It will not get the best of me. I still get annoyed as i listen to girls moan and complain about how 'hard' it is to be pregnant, and poor them. It's hard because i would take their 'poor' trial over not being able to have children any day. But i'm learning to be more sensitive to the people who surround me. We never know what others are going through. Our small complaints would more than likely be overshadowed by their sorrows and broken heart.

My body is still trying to balance out. My hair falls out so much that in a month their will be nothing left. But i have my health. I'm so tired that sometimes after work all i can do is crash and force myself to get up and make something of my life. But what is the use in complaining?Or giving into the tiredness. Really, nothing good can come from it. So, i take every day one day at a time. I don't allow myself to think of how tired i am because i don't want to give my body an excuse to be lazy. In a lesson a couple weeks ago it was said that it doesn't matter what trials we go through, what matters is how we react to our trials. That is the true judge of character. I fail a lot but i hope i can overcome these ever so small tests that have been placed in front of me.

But back to the marathon! It was great to have the whole family up here for a small little reunion. My brother Kip ran the half. My sister Corky and my mom and dad ran the 5k. My sister Angee did the 10k, and my niece Becka ran the marathon with me.

We also had our best friends the Dials waiting at the finish line for me. Carson had just ran the relay version of the marathon with Craigos, his work.

I just love how my friends and family were cheering me on! You guys are the best! Thanks a ton!!!!