I Prayed...... and Then I Clicked The Button!

K & I went out with some of his friends last night to London's. I played my first ever game of shuffleboard. Pretty fun! Among this group of friends, we found a marathoner named David. David just completed the Memphis marathon a few weeks ago and was encouraging both of us to do CMM. My mind has already been made up about CMM. K is still battling through it in his head. I really think he'd feel much better if he just goes ahead and signs up. Sometimes trying to decide on something like that is harder on you than just taking the plunge.

This morning I'm sitting here at work with ZILCH to do on Christmas Eve.... I realize there are 7 days until a price increase for CMM. I decide I'm going to see if my coupon code works but not sign up. I go through the whole checking out process, add my coupon code and BOOM! My registration fee just dropped from $85 to $70. I couldn't resist. What if my coupon code doesn't work tomorrow? Or over the next 7 days? My shopping cart is ready to go.... I know I really want to do it.... I already have my hotel room booked.... I think I need to do some serious soul searching before I commit to this. Perhaps I need to talk to God a little bit about it? I take a few minutes to see what the big guy says :-) I tell him I'm worried that other issues in my life will effect my training/motivation. I want to be able to go on and train regardless of what goes right or wrong in my personal life. The next thing I know I CLICK the button and I'm signed up and recieve a confirmation email.


So all you fellow-bloggers please remember me in your prayers..... it's going to be a long road getting there. I am excited, scared and PUMPED :-)Above all, I want the entire thing to be a positive experience. I want the race to be fun and I want to thank God everyday for giving me the legs, feet, and mentality to get to the finish line. If I can just stay this motivated I'll be ok. However, I know the reality of it is, there will be good days and there will be bad days. There will be days when I'll question why I signed up. There will be good training runs and miserable training runs.

I got out today at lunch and ran 5 miles in 42:54 - 8:34 pace. I hope this compensates for some of the massive mounds of calories I am about to take in over the next few days. I've got to stop by the store on the way home and get something to fix for K's family Christmas breakfast in the morning. 9 hours till Christmas day! I love some Christmas! :-)