I'll let you in on a secret.....

So this has been a secret, well, sort of.... I have talked about it, but while being home it has become official....

I am planning on beginning my training for a Half Marathon.

Yup.





13.1 miles.





If you have known me for a while, you know that I am most definitely not a runner, in fact, I loathe it because I am terrible at it.

So why am I going to run 13.1 miles?


Well because I want to do something for myself. I want to be able to make a goal and complete it. I am giving myself the entire next year to do it, but I would like to do it by the end of next semester.  I want to one up my brother.... ;)
He ran a half marathon, but the idea that his little sister who can barely run 3 miles is going to run 13.1 is a one up. (better go run a full marathon Matt)

I want to do this because I want to prove myself wrong all these years. I am not a bad runner, just untrained. I am capable of doing anything I want! I am not the one in my family to just watch as my siblings do fun, adventurous things.

my fears.
I'm scared that I will talk myself out of doing this.
I'm scared that I will injure myself because I have no idea what I am doing.
I'm scared of running for a long time all by myself.
I'm scared that I won't be able to do it in less than 4 hours. (like i said, i'm a bad runner)
I'm scared that my family will let me talk myself out of it and won't push me.
I'm scared that I will have to do this alone.

So now that I have those useless fears out of the way, watch out world, here comes me, a girl with a head full of dreams.

My name is Emily Jex.
I am going to run 13.1 miles in 2014.
And I am telling the entire world.

Here I come.

Shout Out!

So this post is all about my sister.

Cali.

Tomorrow she will be running a marathon. Her first marathon. EVER.

That is a big deal folks! I mean how many of you can say that you have run over 26 miles.

Well Cali will be running 26.2 miles and she will be rocking it every step of the way.
Keep her in your prayers that she will be able to do it. I have total confidence in her.

YOU ROCK CALI!

(it was really cute, she dedicated each mile to someone who has helped her some time in her life and then asked that person to give her a couple songs so when she hears the song she will think of that person)

So this was the song I picked for her and I really think it fits perfectly. :)

The PROS.

tomorrow i am running a 5K.
let's hope for the best.

#runforlife