Seabrook Half-Marathon

I got this photo off the Race Shots website and do not own the photo.

It was cool that they took pictures.

Summer, Me, and Julie

Me and Bryce (my training buddy)

He finished 77th overall and I finished 44th overall

I got this photo off the Race Shots website and do not own the photo.

It looks like I'm closing my eyes. No, I'm just really focused!!

Hello everyone who reads my blog. I am happy to add a new post one time a month. Thanks for reading. Anyway, I recently completed a half-marathon with Summer and Julie (two friends from church) and my Uncle Bryce (my Mom's brother). I wanted to do better, even though I did pretty good. I placed first in my age group (20-29) out of sixty women and sixth overall for females. Now before you get to excited, the course was mostly flat and their were about 600 runners total. I finished in 1:48.something. That is one hour, forty-eight minutes and like thirteen seconds. I was shooting for a 1:40-1:42. I know I can get that. I will just stick to my plan next time and run my race. I am really excited about finishing first in my age group by a little more than 3 minutes. It was a huge confidence booster for me. I thought to myself, "Hey, your pretty good." I need to give myself more credit and not be so hard on myself. I think we can all do a little better in this area. Ardeth G. Kapp wrote a book called "Better Than You Think You Are." I have read this partly through and have realized I am really hard on myself. I should find confidence in knowing I am a daughter of a Heavenly Father who wants me to do well and achieve my goals. I know with his help, a little more confidence, and my families support, I will be great. We can all be great if we stand a little taller and say to ourselves, "I'm better than I think I am."