Post Marathon Celebrating and My First Win!

After the marathon, I quickly showered so we could eat with Dad, Katie and Chris before they had to head back to Greenville. I still can't believe they drove all the way to Kiawah and back in one day just to see me finish! What a great support system I have!!


Me and my wonderful hubby of 7 years.
















Me and my BFF of like 10 years or something like that. She's like a sister to me. I feel like I've known her forever.














I spotted a Marble Slab the first day we were in Kiawah and had been dreaming about getting some ice cream there since I saw it. Saturday just before 9:00 we finally decided to go. We checked on the website to make sure they were open and it said they were open until 11:00. Just as we were parking we saw the lady walk to the door and lock it...they closed at 9:00. I was slightly disappointed. No ice cream was not an option, so we headed to the grocery store. I know, I'm a dork, but ice cream and coffee are two of my very favorite things! I did, however, save the coffee for the morning. I wanted to sleep well that night!
















It's been a week now since my marathon - I can't believe it! A question that FruitFly and many other people have asked me this week is, "will you do it again?" Well, had you asked me that at mile 8 - after 8 miles of rain and having to slow down and leave my training partner - I might not have been so quick to say "yes." But, ask me any time after 13, "Absolutely!" I definitely want to do it again some day. I'm not sure when, but I really do want to. If not next year then most likely after kid #2 or #3 (should there be a 3). :) I really want to focus even more on running after I'm done having kids.

I really felt like I should have been up and running this morning, but I decided to take a break and enjoy a Saturday morning at home. It felt weird. It was great to have time with my boys, but I'm anxious to get back out there! I ran just a half mile on the treadmill before my workout Wednesday...it felt great! Plus it was nice to get back to some strength training. I have missed that. Thursday I did a speed workout on the treadmill. Ouch. My legs were in pain the rest of the day. I think I pushed it just a little bit. I decided to rest Friday and today and will start back to my normal routine tomorrow.

I am so excited to say that I finally won a contest!! When I first started reading blogs I entered contest after contest, but I never won anything. I stopped for a while until I started reading about iFitness belts. I really wanted to try one so I started entering contests again. Still nothing...at this point I just wanted to win anything! :) Imagine my surprise when I sat down to read blogs on Thursday evening and realized that I had won an iFitness Ultimate Running belt from Mom.Wife.Fitness.Life!! I was just a little excited. Merry Christmas to me! I can't wait to get it and try it out!

Happy Saturday!