April 16th

I registered for a 10k today. What the heck? I have to laugh at myself a little. Who would of thought I'd be a runner? I mean really. Who would of thought? Ok so, tonight I went to CharlotteONE, a "city-wide worship gathering for Charlotte 20-30 somethings" (stole that from their website), and Charlie Hall was there for a night of worship. I honestly don't listen much to Charlie, but he does have some great songs. One of his songs is actually on my running playlist. So tonight, the last song he played was Marvelous Light (the song I listen to) and the thought came in my head... sign up for a 10k, just do it. You can do it Amanda. Find a 10k in the next few weeks and just do it. Well now that thought was planted in my head and I got a little bit excited. I walked outside to where some of my people were and I said, I'm going to sign up for a 10k. Ok, sweet. They approve and so I'm going to do it.

Let's recap for a moment...

The longest I've ever run was 4.56 miles, and that was yesterday. The longest before that was 4.25 and that was last week. Soooo, I still have 1.5 miles to run to make it to 10k distance (6.1? 6.2?). I talked to a couple people about it and asked them if I was crazy thinking I could do it and they both made me feel like I could actually finish the race. So with that being said, I googled, found a race, and registered. THIS NIGHT.

I will be running a 10k in a little over 5 weeks! This is so crazy to me and so exciting all at the same time!!

Who wants to come cheer? Anyone and everyone is welcome!! you can even run it with me if you would like!!

"Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed." Paulo Coelho