Inspired by the Impossible...

The title, “Inspired by the Impossible,” may have some wondering how I came up with that or some may have thought about the significance behind the name.  I find it ironic…especially on this beautiful Resurrection or as viewed by the world, Easter Day. A beautiful cross made by my daddy, from an old dogwood tree on my grandparents' farm - symbolizing Christ at the center of our marriage.  Around November, I was brainstorming ways to keep myself motivated for the upcoming Ironman event.  Two ideas instantly popped in my head.  One, this would give me a chance to write a blog and share my experience and two I can turn my participation into a charity cause.  It took a couple months to define my title after speaking with family and friends.  I knew I wanted something inspiring so one Sunday morning I thought, “Inspired by the impossible” to represent not only my personality but I wanted it to be something for everyone that may think some things are impossible.

For a girl who usually refuses to buy pink running shoes or pink anything, the new ALL ridiculously pink running shoes will somehow have to work.  In fact, when trying them out at the running store, I tried to make other shoes work and kept coming back to these.  Blue is my favorite color so the blue and green color palette typically attracts my eyes, but I don’t mind bright colors, so bright pink is an exception.  Well, welcome to my running shoe rack Miss Saucony Mirage 3.  Hopefully, the others won’t pick on you and you will brighten my days. Every time I get fitted for a pair of running shoes it brings back memories of my daddy taking me to get fitted for shoes when I was a little girl.  We would always hit the local Swag store in Louisville.  My very first pair of running shoes were Asics and if they weren’t stolen at a track meet, then I’d still have them on my rack.  As you may know, shoes are like tires on a car…the treads only go so many miles bef

The perk of destination races is being able to make a vacation out of them and exploring God’s unbelievably, amazing creation.  Motivation lies behind the sightseeing tour on the course or maybe it’s simply the thought of devouring into some great food and experiencing the adventures around the city or town!  Don’t get me wrong, vacations are for relaxing, too.  But I’m learning a lot about myself along this journey to accomplish goals such as 13 half-marathons in 13 states.  I have always been an outdoorsy girl with an adventurous soul and what a better way to motivate myself by varying the 13.1 courses.  I asked myself, “why do the same one twice?”  I find that once I achieve something like skydiving, I don’t feel the need to do it again.  Unless, of course, I want to aim for a serious personal best, but I’m doing just that despite the challenging courses I choose along the way.  It’s hard to beat your own record if there are serious hills, if it’s HOT, have i