by divineawakening | Jun 18, 2018 | Race Reports
The Plan Dedicate Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, MN to my Granny Jessalyn, making it a generationally-focused prayer run. Honor her life of 56 years with intervals of .56 miles running (.1 mile recovery) x 40. (Forty is a generational number.) Everything was...
by divineawakening | May 24, 2018 | Seen On My Run
Woke up early and planned to hit it first thing. But one thing led to another and by the time I actually got out the door, 3 hours had gone by and temperatures had climbed. Oh, well. I just chugged along, oblivious to the foreshadowing when I passed someone wearing a...
by divineawakening | Apr 15, 2018 | Race Reports
I hadn’t planned to do another marathon so soon, but this one just came together, seemingly overnight. The idea popped in my head from something I’d seen years ago. A couple hours later, I was registered and booked my flight. The next morning, I made arrangements...
by divineawakening | Mar 6, 2018 | Race Reports
For my 1st marathon in nearly two years, I chose Little Rock. This year’s theme was medieval. The question: What’s your quest? Anticipation of the hilly course served as inspiration: Pray the Seven Mountains. With 14 aid stations, my plan was to devote...
by divineawakening | Jan 1, 2018 | Race Reports
Started the year by finishing a 40-day run streak at the New Year’s Double, finishing both the 5K and the half marathon. Both temps and winds were in the teens, so it was kind of like the NYD marathon I did a few years back: Cold!!! Yet, just like last time, there’s...