Saturday, April 25, 2009

Mission Accomplished

My alarm clock went off at 4:30 this morning. I stumbled to the kitchen, hit the coffee pot power button, and started getting dressed.


My mind kept discouraging me- telling me that my foot would probably start hurting, my knees would kill me at the end. Then it started telling me I didn't train properly, that I may not even finish, that Nashville has some killer hills.

I told my mind to shut up.

And kept telling it to shut up until I crossed the finish line for the 13.1 mile race in 2:36.
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 25, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    congrats, chelsie... what an accomplishment!

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  2. KKApril 25, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    Very proud of you girl!! Can't wait to do it next year!

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  3. DawnApril 26, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    Congrats Chelsea! I'm proud of you. Did you see Steve? :) He finished in 4:18 (the full)

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  4. ChristieApril 26, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    I am so proud to say that you are my best friend! U are amazing and I love ya!

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  5. ReeApril 26, 2009 at 7:46 PM

    But that's wonderful!!! Absolutely wonderful. Congratulations.

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  6. TerriApril 29, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    Hooray, you! :) Great job - don't you feel awesome?

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  7. The Nashville NosherApril 29, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    That is awesome!!!! Good for you!! :)

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  8. The Nashville NosherApril 30, 2009 at 6:11 PM

    Thanks for the recipe suggestion. I am thinking it might be good with some elbow pasta and maybe even some black beans?? What do you think?

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  9. AmyApril 30, 2009 at 8:58 PM

    Great job! I've run the half 2 times as well and had the same feeling both times before I heard the start gun sound.

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  10. Putting the FUN in DysFUNctionalMay 4, 2009 at 5:43 AM

    Awesome! Congrats!

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  11. Suburban TurmoilMay 8, 2009 at 11:13 PM

    Chelsea, that's so AWESOME!!!!! So proud of you.

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