Half Crazy

Most people in my life know that I am an ambitious person prone to taking on crazy ventures. Today's "she would do that" is Angie's Half Crazy half marathon. 

Tiffany, Laila and I after finishing!

I must admit that half marathon number two was definitely more difficult than the first. I can't blame it on the course (which was virtually as flat as possible), and I can try to blame it on the weather (so sunny and hot!), but my real downfall was almost a complete lack of preparation. Yes, this obsessive planner and over-preparer was not ready for what today had in store. 

Last month was a little more eventful than anticipated; and so I spent less time running than I hoped  I would (twice since the last half in mid-February, to be exact) when I signed up for this half marathon. The good news is that you don't have to be fully prepared to succeed at something. Sure, I wasn't as fast as I had hoped I would be, but I took it one mile at a time and eventually crossed the finish line! I also learned it takes courage to be slow at something that is really difficult... so slow that your friends send a search party to find you.

As I write this, I keep thinking about the lyrics to a Carrie Underwood song that was on my playlist today:

Here's to you long shots

You dark horse runners

Hairbrush singers, and dashboard drummers

Here's to you wild magnolias

Just waiting to bloom

There's a little bit of all that inside of me and you

Thank God even crazy dreams come true

Word.