the real purpose

so I was in Niketown in Denver a few weeks back, and saw this quote...

"The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart." - Bill Bowerman

I love that quote; as I am a perfectionist and competitor to the core, it has been such a lesson for me to think of this marathon as something not to win, but to finish. And dang, I love winning, I hate HATE HATE losing. Much mre emphasis is needed on that--I hate to lose. Ask my husband. :) (PS: he is a GODSEND!!)

I am still battling a knee injury, and my arch on my right foot has been bothering me...and I am less then a month away. I so want to push myself in my last month of training, but I have to be disciplined to think about the real goal--it is not my time, or who I beat to the finish...it is FINISHING that is the victory. And finishing well.

This is a test of my heart, and my mind.

I am honestly glad I am doing this, and I can not wait to go to Phoenix...but man this is incredibly challenging!!