{"id":736,"date":"2011-05-30T21:32:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T21:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=736"},"modified":"2012-08-22T23:07:31","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T05:07:31","slug":"my-first-marathon-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=736","title":{"rendered":"My First Marathon (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Marathon<\/p>\n

I did it! I ran 26.2 miles yesterday and I\u2019m still alive. I\u2019m still can\u2019t believe I did it. This was always an elusive dream for me that I never really thought I could do, and then last year after my second half marathon I knew right after the race that I would do a marathon. And so I did. *grin*<\/p>\n

I woke up around 5 o\u2019clock that morning so that I could digest breakfast before the run started at 7 o\u2019clock. I had a small bowl of cereal and a bit of fruit salad. I wish I could eat a little more before I run, but I get running cramps really easy\u2026so I knew I\u2019d just have to run a little hungry.<\/p>\n

On the way to the race grounds I wrote all over my hand.<\/p>\n

\"Marathon<\/p>\n

I decided to dedicate this race to my niece Bethany who is still in the hospital receiving intensive care. She is such a strong, young woman with all that she\u2019s gone through and yet, she still smiles through it all. She\u2019s running a different kind of \u201crace\u201d and it\u2019s not easy for her, especially when it\u2019s painful. Whenever I went through a rough part in the race I tried to think of her and how strong she is. I know God has a special plan for her life.<\/p>\n

I also put one of my favourite quotes and a verse reference on the palm of my hand.<\/p>\n

\"Marathon<\/p>\n

Then I stuffed my one and only pocket with GU gels<\/a>, a pack of Sharkies<\/a>, and my i-pod so that it looked like I had a huge growth coming out of my hip. Attractive.<\/p>\n

\"Sharkies-460x600\"<\/p>\n

Us four siblings posed before the race. I\u2019m pretending to be calm, cool, and collected.<\/p>\n

\"Marathon<\/p>\n

Then all the people starting gathering, which we got in about 1-2 minutes before the horn blew\u2026normally, we\u2019re a little more punctual. Well, it just added to the pre-race adrenaline.<\/p>\n

\"Marathon<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t imagine how excited and nervous I was. For some people, running a marathon would be something they are good at and do many times over. For me, not only had I never run one, but it was a big dream for me. And once it was over\u2026with the medal around my neck, I felt like that if I could run a marathon I can do a great many things that I believed I couldn’t do.<\/p>\n

My next post will be my follow up on the race with lots of pictures! Don\u2019t miss it by subscribing here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Have you ever run a race? Or done something you believed you couldn’t do? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I did it! I ran 26.2 miles yesterday and I\u2019m still alive. I\u2019m still can\u2019t believe I did it. This was always an elusive dream for me that I never really thought I could do, and then last year after my second half marathon I knew right after the race that I would do a marathon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,74],"tags":[188,1374,187,1370,1373,186,1371,1372],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions\/746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}