running a marathon

🦋 Running a Marathon lets get straight to the facts

🦋 Running a marathon has always been on my long term goals since I started running merely because I thought it was never achievable

🦋 My time was not what I expected but after crying for the last 3 miles straight and almost stepping off I could never talk down on not only my body but my mind for carrying me through something that seemed so out of reach for so long.

🦋 I started off the first 10 miles of the race easy due to high temperatures and no wind not wanting to gas myself later on.

🦋 By the time I met the half way mark (13.1miles) I was met with rain and chilly temperatures and a big big hill that lasted for 3 miles.

🦋 Mile 16 the thoughts of giving up crawled in

🦋 Mile 18 I kept hoping mile 20 would come sooner

🦋 Mile 20 I started to think I couldn’t finish and was texting my mom and boyfriend to meet me at the next stop so I could step off

🦋 Mile 23 the tears silently began to fall and I was worried about my time

🦋 Mile 23.5 The hysterical crying began and I thought i could not and would not finish, but my boyfriend ran the last 3 miles with me because I felt so defeated

🦋 Mile 26, I did it. The months and months of training paid off. My mental toughness grew and lastly so did my confidence.

🦋 I only lost two toenails after the race, mostly because I should have cut them before… oops.

🩵 comment if you are interested in hearing more about my training process and more of the failures I learned along the way so you don’t have to🫶🏻 And again thank you for taking the time to read this comment any questions you might have!!

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