Opening Ceremonies

One of our motto's is "Go big or go home".  So of course we had to start our marathon training off with an Opening Ceremonies.  This consisted of a sign we jumped over, a passing of the torch, a ceremonial lap and running through the sign.  There was a lot of symbolism involved..  ha ha.  So much that I can't even go into it here.   Of course we took pictures to show this awesome ceremonial start to our journey, but....  the fish with the camera set the camera wrong, and the pictures didn't turn out.  =(  This may or may not be a blessing in disguise because although we thought the ceremony was completely awesome, others might not feel the same.  So just picture in your head a totally cool, motivational music blasting (as opposed to being sung by the runners) event!!  That's how it went down.

And so begins our 18 weeks of training....  Here we go!!!!

I honestly LoVe this picture so much! I can not wait to look at it when we are done with this JoUrNeY and see just how far we have all come! I can honestly tell you at this very moment I am questioning my decision to run a marathon. I do not love running! Three miles is a task for me! I don't love my shoes and I haven't lost any weight thus far....I will tell you that I love when ever I see one of these girls because I know we all have something in common and we share the same fears and feelings as one another. I look forward to having our Closing Ceremonies and take a similar picture...."I cant wait to See How Far We've Come!" (Hey I knew I loved that song... might possibly be my new motto. Thanks Match Box Twenty!) 

 

 

I loved this! I love that we enlisted kids to hold a banner for us! And I more than anything love that we ran around with a tiki torch. This picture is so cute. It's almost like we have no idea what we are in for type of smiles! One of my favorite moments. The best part is that we had our kids hum that song. Duh.Duh Duh Duh. Duh Duh Duh.Duuuuuuuuh.