i just felt like runnin' UPDATE

I survived the race on Sunday, which was a grand feat for me. Especially since I forgot my inhaler on the chilly and rainy day and my lungs were BURNING!!!



Jill Carter is one of the best friends I have and she loves me well. She could have easily went on ahead, as I told her it was okay because I run at turtle speed, but she said it was not about winning, but running with me for a good cause. So we respectively came in last place together at a speed of 37:09 minutes. Granted there were only 12 5k-ers. Everyone else was doing the triathalon!! So, we kept it under 40 minutes even with the asthma/burning lungs/save me Sweet Baby Jesus I can't breathe moments.

Here's a pic of Team Crossroads--(minus Adam who was already on the biking portion of the triathalon)...



I believe the team was able to raise around $1700 for the first grade school in Mumbai, India. Check out more information on Crossroads International and the Alpha Care program, by clicking HERE or the link on the sidebar of my blog.

Go Team Crossroads!!!

i just felt like runnin'

on Sunday i run a 5k

normally, i'd say no way

but it's for a good cause

so i did not pause

to jump right on in

though i know i won't win

unfortunately i'm sure i'm gonna die

or most likely, i'm definitely gonna cry

because on Monday i ran to Africa and back

well maybe that's a bit dramatic as a matter of fact

and my ankles got all blistered and bloody

and definitely the new shoes got all kinds of muddy

all this said

i hope i get out of bed

on sunday morning

or jill will come roaring

because she's my running partner

and i don't want to cross her

how and when will this poem end

here's a good place to put in the word backbend

adios, arrivederci, later, goodbye

now it's time for a little chocolate pie

TOMS & Alpha Care: Get on board folks!

i've ordered my first pair of TOMS today !! i'm super duper excited. 

oh, and I love donating to the Alpha Care program with Crossroads International. i'm hoping to go to Durban, South Africa with them in the very near future. Especially since Corky upgraded a dream of mine to see kids of all nations to a vision. Yep, apparently he has those powers--of persuasion :) 

i love, love, love these organizations. 

please, click on the links & check them out!!! 

pray for them, donate to them, buy their shoes. these kids who benefit from your generosity will be ever so blessed; and you'll feel fantastic!

Crossroads International

This is my friend Jacki's dad. He's an AMAZING man. Most people know him as Kent, but I know him as Poppi. He said I could go with him to India or South Africa. I was thinking, maybe both.

Crossroads International