Don't Run Alone...
It's been well over a month since we ran the Chicago Marathon and I still can't believe we did it! If you would have asked me a couple of years ago if I would be willing to train and run 26.2 miles, I know I would have said a big huge NO. It's amazing what a trip to Africa and a little peer pressure can do to a girl! Last year, when my friend Victoria and I began to share our love for Africa, but knew that traveling back wasn't in the cards for the year, we started dreaming what we could do to make a difference from home. We had heard that you could run marathons on behalf of World Vision, a nonprofit that we had a huge respect for, but honestly, neither of us were really big runners. The more we talked about it and prayed about it, the more we felt like God was asking us to just be courageous and run. After talking Nate (my husband), and our friend Chumpy into doing it with us (also not runners), we set a goal of raising $5000 for clean water and began to train