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The Year of Running

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Hello World, It's me, Kelsey. I don't actually have a plan for this post but I should start by being honest...today's day is actually February 23, 2015. This post is time-stamped back in December but I haven't gotten around to writing it yet. Today's date is significant though...exactly one year ago today I was chasing that Princess Half dream, 13.1 miles down the road. So today seems like a good day to write about my year of running. To get a clear picture of how this year of running came to be we should time travel back to June 11, 2013. The day that registration opened for the 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon. A number of my friends and I had decided that we were going to do this. My phone reminded me all week that registration would open on June 11. When that day came, I was completely terrified. I knew I wanted to do it but the reality of it was that I really had never run more than 3-4 miles...ever. I held my breath, typed in my credit card information and h...
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I'm not really sure what week I am at for my half marathon training. Since I started on October 1st, I have played around with a few different training plans. I have been running consistently, 3x a week. This new training plan which I am going to adopt this week has me running 5x a week (Monday and Friday are off days). I hope that is not a lofty training goal for me. I am thankful to one of my friends from Messiah (Philly campus semester) for helping me navigate my way through all things training. She had also been such an encouragement to me even from like 4 states away!  For a while my runs were going really well. Last Sunday I ran for 7 miles which is the longest run I have ever completed. This week I had headaches everyday after work and I only ran 2 miles on Tuesday and 2 on Thursday. So today I was going to get up early and run...that didn't happen. Finally started my run around 1:30pm. Started off okay, but I quickly became very exhausted and at the two mile mark I stop...
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Two Years

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Mommy, "Colleen - Know that the work you have done will carry on. The lives of the people you touched are better today because of who you are and how you helped and gave of yourself." Two Years. How can it already be April 8, 2015? It feels as though I was with you just last week while at the same time it feels like we've been apart for too many moons. It's like a Catch 22, I'm getting farther and farther from seeing you while getting closer and closer to hugging you again. Only God knows the exact day where more time will have passed than I will have left until we reunite. Does that make sense? For now, it has only been two years and could be so many more until I see you again. Some day that number will change and I won't know it but each day after that will be one day closer to you. "Colleen, you are an inspiration to many people. Your courage and strength are admirable." " There are so many times that you gave and gave yourself ...
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