Running with Angels

OK, so I know I said in my other blog I wasn't going to read about running. But this doesn't count because it's a woman's story about running and that's different. Her name is Pamela H. Hansen and the name of her book is Running with Angels: The Inspiring Journey of a Woman Who Turned Personal Tragedy into Triumph Over Obesity. I just came across something I need to write down for Marathon Motivation (I think I'll call these M&M's). Oh, and I remember another one from earlier in the book. The first M&M is

There had been days when I just did not feel like running, when I would have given almost anything for someone else to go on my run for me. I came to realize that in training to run a race, there is no one who can do the work for the runner. Physically, I alone had to complete the often-grueling training. But doing so helped me to more fully realize the simple yet difficult truth--that as nice as it would be to avoid life's tough situations, . . . I came to better understand that no one else can undergo those struggles for us. The wheelchair athletes certainly understood that concept. They also realized what I now more fully comprehend, that although plenty of help is available, we need to be willing to face our trials and find the strength to deal with them effectively. And it can be done!

I've hated a lot of the things I've had to go thru in life, but I definitely wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't gone thru them. And I know the same will be true for training for and completing this marathon. And if I can do that, I can get thru most anything.

I'm ready.