Sucking a little less.

After my guinea pig post, Word Press notified me that this post would be my 25th. I know a 25th blog post isn't anyway significant to most people, well maybe that I haven't quit, but I did get a little introspective. I reread all my posts and it has been almost a year since I've started this blog and four months since I attempted to suck less.

A lot and a little has changed. I'm still working and keeping pretty busy, but now I'm officially a graduate student at Grand Valley. I'm still designing and crafting, not as much as I'd like but ehh. I'm pretty sure I'm getting better at writing and much better organizing my thoughts. Most of all, I completed a major goal I set years ago. I finished the Disney marathon January 8th in under five and a half hours.

First of all, congratulations to Elyse for completing her first half marathon at Disney! She was amazing!

Elyse and Megan infront of the Magic Kingdom

4:30 a.m. - Elyse, Mike and I before I left them to start the race.

Also, thanks to Mike for bringing 120 decibels of vuvuzela joy to cheer Elyse and I both on. He was the greatest super fan the world has ever seen. The crowd and runners alike loved hearing the horn at 5:30 in the morning, even though it did make one little girl cry.

Physically, it has been one of the hardest things I've done. It is also the most exciting thing. I literally smiled and laughed the first ten miles of the run. Although, by the 26th mile I needed to calm myself down because an entire gospel choir was singing and I was almost in tears, finding it hard to breath.

At the end I was in so much pain and Mike and Elyse had to help me sit down and get back up, but I DID IT!

Thank you to everyone that helped, supported, and ran with me for the past few months. I've got a ton of new running gear that will help me run through the winter while training for a 25K in May, and I'm pretty sure I'll be back to run the Disney Marathon again next year.