The Marathon

2 weeks later, and now I'm blogging about this.

So, two weeks ago I ran the St. George Marathon for the 2nd time with my dad.

I'm going to be honest, last year I trained really hard. Ran my little heart out. Did a few 18 milers and a 20 miler to prepare.

This year?

Well.......

I didn't train at all.

Really. I didn't.

I was in school all summer and I had absolutely no energy to get up and run.

What was my longest training run?

8 miles.

I really thought I would be crawling to the finish line at the 8 hour mark.

However....

Because I go to church and pay my tithes and fast offerings, I survived.

Not only did I survive, but I beat last years time by 35 minutes.

My dad was really nervous that I wouldn't make it. That made me even more nervous. I think my whole family was shocked to see me finish in the time I did because they thought I would walk to whole thing. I showed them. Also, maybe I might have a natural talent? I don't know. I'm not one who has any talents, so this would be nice if i was a natural one.

So what' the moral of my story?

Training is a waste of time.

In other news, of course I was a huge baby the day after.

I couldn't even balance on my 2 feet without almost tipping over.

It was pathetic.

I was carried everywhere.

I'll be running it again next year. I do think I'll train next time around.

Maybe.

I'm running a 1/2 in 2 weeks. I haven't excercised once since the marathon. I'm just going to keep doing what's right in the church and reap the rewards.

Speaking of talents... I just joined Pintrest (the latest craze in every female's life). I really want to be more domestic. I want to make pillows for my house and make cute sayings to put on my walls. I'm just one of those gals that starts a project and once it gets hard, I quit and never go back to it. It's just so much easier to buy something than it is to make.