On Saturday, Jana will run the Country Music Half Marathon with Team in Training, the running group that raises money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. I'm super proud of her for doing this. She's worked really hard, and Saturday, though it's supposed to rain all day, will be a cool celebration. So following is a list of reasons I'm proud of Jana this morning in light of this accomplishment.
1. Before starting training, Jana had never run more than 2 miles at a time. She will do 13.1 on Saturday.
2. For the last 4 months, she has faithfully gotten up at 5:30 every Saturday morning and driven to unknown realms around Nashville to run for hours. Yes, hours.
3. Jana is running for Joshua. Just another example of how committed she is to taking care of him, loving him, and doing well by him.
4. She has given up her beloved Dr. Peppers in an effort to do the race as best she can. No small feat.
5. No one has ever looked better in pigtails and a baseball cap.
6. Even after her long runs on Saturdays, she comes home not exhausted, but ready to engage our family.
7. She has given up countless evenings of relaxation, going to the gym alot of nights after the kids go to bed. I, on the other hand, watch Hell's Kitchen.
8. She keeps going. The race is a good metaphor with cancer, for it's also a battle for the caretakers as it is for the kids. In both of these arenas, Jana has been faithful. She keeps going. She keeps running.
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We are also proud! Good luck!
That's awesome!
Wow, Jana. Kudos to you, the runner! I abhor running, so I'm extra proud of you for taking on such a huge challenge. And for such an amazing cause. Is it bad to say I'll be thinking of you Saturday morning while I'm drinking coffee on my couch? I don't think so, because you're doing your body a lot more good than I'm doing mine! You're awesome for doing this!!!
xoxo
GOOOOO Jana...KICK SOME HINEY!
Jana, I'm so excited for you - the half marathon is no small feat! I've been keeping up with your blog and praying for y'all over the past months. It looks like your family continues to trust in the goodness of God and in His strength during difficult times. Good luck on the race! - Nicole (merrell) Reynolds
What a sweet post! I'm proud of you too Jana!
Did you know that Cindy Chamberlain is also running the race?
good luck!
Carrie and I thought about you this morning Jana as we loaded all of our luggage into the rental car to head home---in the rain! Hope you did as well as you hoped for and no matter how you did I know you made a lot of people proud!
I'm proud of you too!!! :)
You've been tagged here. Enjoy!
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