1. Our mom, like many others out there, works hard at everything she does. This includes doing things to make her children happy. When I decided that I wanted to become more involved in running, she didn't let me do it alone. When I wanted to run a 5K, she did it with me. When I decided to step things up and do a 7K, 8K, and 10k she was with me. She was with me during the hottest run I ever did (in Williamsburg). She helped push me through when I really thought I wanted to quit due to heat exhaustion! When I wanted to challenge myself a bit more with the half marathon relay, she volunteered to became my partner. When I wanted to take the leap and run my first half marathon, she ran it with me and when I had to stop and walk because my nagging IT band wouldn't let me go any further, she walked with me too.
2. When our mom is not running with me, she is surely a great spectator. She makes signs for my sister and I and tries to support us off the course. That may mean standing in the freezing cold at the Shamrock marathon or trying to catch a glimps of me during a trail race just to see if I'm all right.
3. Our mom is a great sport. She knows that we enjoy dressing up for Disney races so she just goes with the flow. We've made her be various Disney Characters and even had fun dressing her up for the Wicked 10K.
4. Our mom did not run the Marathon with us this year (She loves us and all but I kind of think that's where she draws the line..lol), although I know she totally could have done it. My mom was with me on most of my training runs. Although she wasn't training for anything over 13.1 miles, she did some 15+ mile runs with me.
5. I'm sure 30 years ago my mom never thought she would become a runner but I am so glad she gave it a try. I know she did this stuff because she didn't want me to have to face these challenges alone but I think somewhere along the line she sort of fell in love with it too!
This Mother's day we will be running with our mom at the Happiest Place on Earth! Yes, Disneyland.
How will you be spending mother's day? -M
We are linking up with the gals from the Friday 5.