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In 2012, I spent three straight days swimming, biking, and running with these crazies from my triclub. It was terrible and awesome all at the same time. |
-Steph
Always Wear Your Invisible Cape
Just a girl who's dreaming big and wants to inspire others to do the same.
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In 2012, I spent three straight days swimming, biking, and running with these crazies from my triclub. It was terrible and awesome all at the same time. |
-Steph
On Sunday morning, Stephanie and I volunteered at the Detroit Marathon. If you’ve never participated in this event, you’re missing out. The sheer energy that fills the city is amazing. Here’s glimpse of the starting line at 6:45am. Everyone is ready to tackle the 26.2 miles that stand between them and the finish line.
Lucky for us, we got to ride our bikes for those 26.2 miles. Our job was to guide our wheeler (hand cyclist) through the race. This is important for a couple of reasons. First, the wheelers ride very low to the ground and have a harder time seeing turns that are coming up, and also (and more importantly) because runners need to be alerted that a wheeler is coming up behind them. This is especially important during a hill decent when a wheeler is FLYING…like our hand cyclist did down the other side of the Ambassador Bridge.
Last week I wrote the “Meet Sparkle.Pounce.” blog. It was fun to reminisce about all of the laughs I’ve had with these girls. But, something has really been jabbing at me ever since I published that blog.
It really didn’t take me long at all to answer my “bucket list” question. What is something on your bucket list? Easy. I want to qualify for the Boston Marathon. (And then of course I added jokingly that if I maintain my same pace, I should be able to qualify when I’m 50!). I have been reflecting on that question over the last week, and it’s really getting to me.
Honestly, I feel a little bit like a hypocrite. I may be the biggest preacher of “Do What You Dream” and I’m always telling people that if you want something, you should go get it. And yet, here I am with this HUGE goal and desire that I’m doing absolutely nothing to pursue. Sigh…