I am currently training to run my second half marathon with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team In Training program.  Some days I am so pumped up and excited to get outside and run the miles the coaches tell me to do and other days I ask myself what in the world was I thinking when I signed up for this again.  I think it’s kind of like pregnancy.  You forget how miserable those 9 months were and decide to have another baby.  Maybe I shouldn’t use that analogy since I stopped at one bundle of joy.  LOL!  But you understand what I’m saying, you forget sometimes how hard it can be to reach a goal and during the process of trying to get there it can be beyond exhausting.

To be honest with you, the reason I signed up again to run 13.1 miles was to push myself.  Something in my spirit told me it was time for me to stretch beyond my comfort zone.  The first time I participated with Team In Training was six months after my hospitalization.  I remember seeing a brochure for Team In Training and thinking to myself that had always been on my “bucket list”, so why not go for it?  Since I just had such a close brush with death just a few months earlier, I was determined to push myself and see what I could do when I put my mind and body to it.  I can truthfully say that during the training process something shifted in my mind and I’ve NEVER been the same since.  Something about pushing myself beyond the limits of comfort gave me a new confidence and freedom in myself.  While training, I realized how strong my body was, but even more importantly was discovering how powerful my mind was.

A year and a half has passed since my first half marathon and I am ready to uncover what’s hidden in me that will once again change my life and continue to move me forward in a positive and powerful direction.  So I have to ask you, when is the last time you pushed yourself and what is standing in the way of taking that next step?

If you would like to support my efforts with Team In Training, please go to my fundraising page and donate.  Every dollar counts.  No amount is too small.  Thank you!  http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/lkuhar

Honored to serve in Charlotte, North Carolina – Women’s Christian Life Coach