Sunday morning found me up at 5:37, out the door at 5:50, and by 6:30 I was somewhere in Scottsdale prepared to cheer on the Rock-n-Roll Marathon runners with my daughter and her cheer team. I was totally dreading this day. I didn't want to go. Turns out, it was a BLAST!
The girls made posters, hung streamers, and they chalked up the street with inspiration and love for the runners:
They also decorated themselves with as much red, fru-fru and silliness they could pile on:
The mom's got into the act as well. That's me, on the right:
They cheered and cheered, for about 4 hours straight!
You could tell that the runners really appreciated it:
These two are the team coaches. Cute, huh?
These were the last runners to go by and our girls were still at it, cheering and excited:
What really amazed me was that the runners were in so many shapes, sizes and levels of fitness. I had always thought that those who ran marathons were the "fittest of the fit." But what I saw was people who looked like everyone else. Some had awesome physiques, but most were just average looking people, out there pushing themselves to be better than they were before. I started thinking that I could do it too.
So now I'm really looking forward to next years marathon, but what I'm thinking somewhere way back in my head is: Wouldn't it be cool to participate this time? Could I do it? Do I even want to try, considering I've never been a runner in my life and I will probably fail?
I think I do.
You should do it, and so could... Go for it! ~Andie
ReplyDeleteIt was a really great fun!!!!
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