??The Lucky 26.2??

Mike has put in for the St. George Marathon lottery for the last 2 yrs with no luck. This year was his "third times a charm" guarantee if he decided to try again. I all but swore off running during my last half marathon in St. George so when I mentioned to Mike the idea of maybe putting my name in the lottery he about fell over! He looked at me like I shouldn't/couldn't/wouldn't ever run a full 26.2 miles. BRING IT ON. Little did he know that his response has fueled me to not only want to finish a full marathon but to live through one with a smile. (Crossing my fingers on this one)

After talking to my partner in crime/craziness we decided what the heck we have 5 bucks to lose if they don't draw our names out and at least we'll know we tried. Fast forward a bit. This morning I anxiously looked up our names. After and hour and a half I had nothing. I went downstairs to feed my poor starving babies and got a phone call from Jami. She hadn't seen her name either and asked what it looked like. I explained to her how I had found Mike and then she tried again. Because we put in together if she was in I was in. While on the phone she found her name. We were on the phone screaming at/to each other and then I ran upstairs to try again. I FINALLY saw my name.... My heart started pumping super fast, I started shaking, and the desire to throw-up was a little too real.

So as luck would have it with over 10,000 runners putting in I drew out of this "lottery". Hopefully in the future I wont be wishing I would have taken this piece of luck to Vegas instead......