Nashville Half-Marathon

I recently ran in the Nashville Half Marathon with my good friends Anna Tyner and John Stewart. We all trained really hard and had a good overall experience. All 3 of us have run half marathons before but this was mine and John's 3rd one in a row... well, in 12 wks intervals that is. As I sit to write this post I am tired and thus trying to rest. The race was on Sat. April 25 but somewhere around Easter my left knee started to bother me some as I ran. I have since recently discovered that I have a slight illiotibular (IT) band issue. Nothing serious and very fixable with correct stretches and strength training. Needless to say I hope to be pounding the streets of Greenwood again soon. The weather was great in Nashville and we stayed with my sister in law, Blewett, who is the hostess with the mostess no doubt. The kids had a great time too. However.... running with 30,000 other runners was new to me for sure and a different race experience entirely. There were some "hilly" areas to contend with that are hard to train for in the Delta flatlands of our dwellings but we managed just the same. I am proud of our accomplishment of completion for sure. Will we return for 2010?? Verdict still out for me. I hope to stick to 5 and 10K races myself. It simply fits my lifestyle better but we'll see. I do love to run and for that I am grateful. I just hope my body keeps up and allows me to continue. And as Anna says, "Life is Good"!! I am turning to page
"37" today in my life and have lots for wonderful family, friends and blessings to be thankful for. Life sho' is GOOD!