Country Music Marathon

Me, Charlene, and Sheila ready to roll!

Today was great. I didn't run the Music City Marathon, so I volunteered instead. Surprisingly, I saw the few runners I knew were racing (Christian, Jesi, and Jay) all before or during the race. I hadn't expected to see them and was excited. Actually, the whole morning was exciting.

We had all-access passes and got to meet in the VIP areas!

So much fun! Sheila, Charlene, and I were with the elite women. I saw some things during the marathon that I've never noticed before, even though I've done this race 3 times. Like the statue on Music Row—I'd never noticed it before and never known where it was. Supporting was great. A blast. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't want anyone to take my spot for next year's race!

The bike support crew headed from the finish to the start

This was the first (and possibly will be the only) time I've every been at the front of a marathon, and it was great to be able to watch them run, watch them battle it out, watch their style, and learn from them. Maybe someday I'll be somewhere near those elite women!

This woman started out super strong and ended up in second place

I had hoped to run my 8K for the Crazy Legs Race, but due to the weather I postponed it until tomorrow. Instead, I headed to MFY for 5 minutes, extreme slow. I felt great. It was nice to feel good during a workout again (although by the Z-squat my legs were definitely burning!).

• Bench press (40 lb)
• Standing curl (8-lb dumbbells)
• Seated front delt (3-lb dumbbells—significantly harder than 1.5-lb ones!)
• Glute ham from top
• Lunge
• Zurcher squat (with a light dumbbell just for something to hold on to)

A little nap, a little reading, a little church, and a lot of thinking and praying pretty much rounded out my day. It doesn't get much better than this.