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and I had to learn that if I was as determined as I thought , I had to put training first . I began to watch my diet even closer , getting more sleep and relaxing . Sleep and relaxing are two things I have never been good at .
THE MARATHON Then before I knew it , it was the weekend of the race . My two running partners and I traveling to Washington DC for the event . We spent our Friday exploring the city before the event . Saturday was the day of the race and as I stood by myself in the line , I tried to calm myself , tell myself this is what you wanted and then remind myself of my ultimate goal … to finish .
The race began and I was moving full speed ahead of course , I had to pee within the first two minutes of the race and knew I couldn ’ t hold it so that took me back a few minutes . I found a runner running at the pace of a 8:20 and decided to stay with him . It was hard and not normal for me but I couldn ’ t find my groove . I was trying to focus and get into “ Lisa Mode ”. After the first 10 miles , I finally got into it and put all distractions aside and enjoyed my run .
Michigan doesn ’ t have many hills but DC does , the hills were hard , they mentally and physically did it for me . I had to play games with my head to stay intact . After I hit the 25th mile , tears streamed down my eyes . This was happening , I was going to finish the race . I thought of my partners at the end of the line waiting for me to finish since they had run their half marathon already , I thought about what I went through to get here and then I thought about the little girl on the side line that I hoped I would impact . I crossed the finish line with tears down my eyes , finishing in 4:01:00 . I was so happy to be done and went straight to medical to get ice on my knees .
I was done . I had finish . And shout out to Old Navy for the best clothes to run in !
THE FINISH , THE AFTER- MATH My partners found me and we headed back to the hotel to celebrate , nap and get ready for the evening . I couldn ’ t believe I did it , it was all a blur but I did it .
After the race , my body was exhausted and I had to nap , my body became so sore , I had chaffing and just a mess . Walking became hard as I was so sore that I had to walk sideways down stairs because forward hurt too much .
My body took a lot that day , I learned a lot about myself during this .
Here are four things I learned :
1 . When something comes in the way of your plan , you can choose how to move forward with it
2 . That you can do that anything if you put your mind to it
3 . People will always tell you that you won ’ t be able to complete a certain goal , show them you can
4 . Be you . Run the pace you want , train how you want , decide how you want to do things
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Lisa Thompson is the founder of Self Love Beauty . She grew up in a small town in Michigan , where she was surrounded by fields , farms and great people . Thompson graduated from Michigan State University , with a bachelor in Communication and a specialization in Public Relations . She now works for a fortune 500 company , is a fitness instructor and in her spare time does PR for small companies . She is an avid runner , who just ran her first marathon and has run multiple half marathons . Thompson ’ s passions include her mission trip work to Africa and Haiti and empowering others to see their true beauty . She loves sweet wines , coffee and dove chocolate .
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