Mom on the Run--Woman of Steele

As most of you know I love to read.  There is not a point in time where I am not currently reading multiple books whether for pleasure or for school.  I guess it’s a good thing I teach reading for a living!   My mom recently gave me her book to read, The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines from Fixer Upper .  I absolutely love Chip and Jo!  I am obsessed with watching their show as well, and reading their book only makes me love them more as a couple.  They really remind me a lot of my husband and I.  Chip is goofy silly and always tries to make Joanna laugh.  Jay does the same thing with me.  Chip has a million projects going on a one time and so does Jay. I’m very conservative and reserved most of the time like Jo.  I’m a penny pincher and planner like Jo.  Chip and Jo compliment each other like Jay and I compliment each other. October 18, 2016 HarperCollins Christian Publishing Well, I’ve been really enjoying this book and have a super hard time putting it dow

As part of my training plan this go-around, I decided to run a half marathon two weeks before my full!  What was I thinking?  I guess I was thinking that my training plan called for 12 miles so why not run 13.1 for fun with a bunch of other people and get a cool t-shirt and medal in return! So I did it! I ran a half marathon on Sunday October 30 with my fastest time of the year!  Not a PR but the fastest half this year with a time of 2:22:07!  Not too shabby considering I was starting to taper! This was the first time I had run this race and I really enjoyed the course.  It was pretty flat with one giant hill at mile 8.  They had the option to run a full marathon and you loop with this course, so you would have to run up that hill twice.  I might actually consider running the full course next year!  I must be crazy saying this a week before I run my second full marathon.   Anyway, packet pick up was the day before the race at the Hilton Garden Inn where we stay for my