Enchantment resort, Kachina woman Trail vortex

Day One… Again. 

Insomniac #2 - Adrenaline 15K

Mog Rim Job

Lunch Hike (Horton heard a Creek)

I remember why I do this tonight. To be happy and see new things other than the four walls of which I live in. 

This is what gives me pleasure in life. 

When the motivation isn’t there I’m glad I have Jolene to help me remember that if I didn’t show up, I would have regretted it and been mad at myself. 

Little backstory, haven’t been feeling too well and definitely had been saying no, I’m not going, maybe I will… meh, I don’t feel like it. 

This is a new ground for me. A new place I’ve reached. 

I spent most of the race trying to remember that JUST showing up was the hard part, after I did, going 10k was easy. Okay not easy, but yeah way easier than getting prepared and ready for a race which I didn’t want to go to. 

I realized that what helped me get through it was Jolene’s positivity and I figured, while I was out there, to share that positivity with others. 

In fact, at one point, I just wanted to be that encouraging voice for others, while enjoying my time of not pushing too hard. So I did just that. I sat and pushed that positive energy on everyone else and I realized how much that actually helped me continue on with a positive attitude. 

So thank you, Jolene for that incredible strength. 

And thank you to every single runner who responded right back at me with the same positivity! 

Truly a remarkable community of great folks who actually want to spread love. 

Also, I was drenched, but didn’t get any rainfall. WTH? When I got back, people told me of the rain, the rain for which I long to run in during a race. Someday… someday. 

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Day One… Again.

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Mog Rim Job

Lunch Hike (Horton heard a Creek)

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