a big run, a little blood.... keep going.

on sunday i ran my fourth half marathon. i was really disappointed in my time - but here's why - between mile 6-7 my left foot started hurting. it's quite a bit smaller than my right foot and when i wear traditional running shoes - i get really nasty blisters. my right foot has been really bothing me and without the emergency run to the chiropractor - i'm not sure i would have been able to do the run at all - regardless - by mile 8 - blood was coming out of my shoe - not kidding - it was sick - it continued all the way to the end and for about three hours after the race - nasty.... so nothing like a little blood that will slow a person down - but i sure wasn't willing to quit. i was so happy that i did it - on saturday my friends abby & kelly came down and stayed at our house since the race was in green bay. abby and i have been friends since we were six years old. i don't know if it's because i've known her for 25 years or if it's because we've spent time together in another life - but we just get eachother and have weird crazy things happen to us at the same time - this week - both of us rubbing our right eye because our acuve oasis contacts were bothering us - seriously - just in the right eye - weird. she lives in san diego - with her two beautiful children, her navy seal husband, and her beautiful little dog. she is in beyond amazing shape and finished the race in 1:54 - with four weeks of training - i know gag me but all the beauty that you see on the outside - is so tiny in comparison to what an amazing person she is on the inside. it makes no difference to either one of us that we seriously can not remember the last time we saw eachother because our friendship is honestly timeless. i love that she's in my life - if more people were like her - this world would be a pretty amazing place.