I'd do it again in a heartbeat!

Wow! Such a neat experience! Josh and I traveled to Dayton, Ohio over this past weekend. My cousin and his family live and work on the Air Force Base. A few of my family members, have been planning for the past months to gather and run the "U.S Air Force Marathon". These pictures can only say a little of what an unforgettable weekend it was.

Paragliders dropping US flags in the sky. This happened while I was running, Josh says it was really, really neat!

Before the race...ready to go!

On the Runway with the Sun coming up!

Air Force Base Museums. Our legs (I speak for myself anyway!) were too tired to walk through these museums! Bummer, such a cool place! The kids would've loved it!

After 26.2 miles! It was a hilly course, I don't know that I want to run this course again! I finished 4:24 and Rich finished 4:27, regretfully we got separated and did not run together! Steph ran the 10K-her first race EVER, YAH Steph!

I saw a sign on my 4 hour run, "The World Learns to Fly Here!"...I love that! Such a cool place and I came home with a greater appreciation of America! Each plane on display had a "story". What war it was flown and such.

Cool signs for our Aunts, made by a family member.  I love that big, honkin' medal! I'd do it again in a heartbeat. FYI- I was not saying that at mile 21! A banana actually saved my life, to tell you the truth!  A banana and an old man! An older man, his 16th marathon showed up at my side. He says to me, "This is your race, bear down and do the thing!"  Randomly, he would say to me between miles 21 and 26,   "I'm still here."  "You've got this!"  "Get into your gut and run your own race.".....I will never see this guy again, but he was the reason my legs did not cave!  I have taken this advice to my Aunts battling Cancer or anyone for that matter going through a trial.   "God is with you. This is your race, bear down and do the thing!".  This is probably not my last marathon, nothing on the schedule because I'm pretty sure at this point I can not swing more training time and such for my family to adjust to. However, I am forever changed!!