On God
I keep thinking about Boston--my training, the weekend, the race. I'm still amazed that I ran a 3:05:14. I've been going over all the little details, trying to figure out what I did RIGHT this time. I listen to a solid amount of Christian rock radio. There are some great songs that have helped me start a rough day. Right before Boston, I knew I wanted to listen to a handful of these good songs right before racing. I downloaded about a dozen songs to my iPod and made sure they were in a playlist for my race morning. It definitely helped me calm down and get race ready before leaving the hotel! I believe God has helped me through some very tough times in the past couple of years, and I think he helped protect me during the Boston Marathon weekend. He didn't want me racing too fast at the beginning, so He put me at the front of wave two. He wanted me to break 3:10--with icing on the cake--and He helped me do that (I start praying in the middle of my runs sometimes). He did...