I’m Powered by Hope

Today I officially started training for this year’s Country Music 1/2 Marathon.  This will be my third year running the race.

Honestly my enthusiasm about doing it again was waning a bit when it came time to start thinking about training again.

The first year was an awesome experience.  I had never run more than 5 miles before I began training.  Rach, Shelby, Ash and I met weekly for training runs and we all had big smiles on our faces when we finished.

Last year I was really excited to tackle it again. But this time I was ready to document the experience, so I carried my little Kodak camera for 10 miles of the race.  I had high aspirations to beat my time from the previous year, but alas the heat was miserable, I burned all my energy filming and finished less enthusiastically.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EbOomjeW1w[/youtube]

But this year I’m excited to change it up a bit.  The first two years were really about accomplishing personal goals and experiencing it with great friends.  This year (along with many Cross Point folks) I’ve teamed up with Powered by Hope to put a cause behind my steps.

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