One Step. One Mile. One Child at a Time!

Last weekend was the Nashville Country Music Marathon.  We had a team of 32 runners, and it was a HUGE success!!!  We started out with a goal to raise $10,000 to provide adoption grants through Room for One More... we EXCEEDED our goal!!! AND THERE IS STILL MORE MONEY COMING IN even a week later!  (currently we are up to $10,155) To speak for our team, we are SOOOO thankful to each and everyone who participated in the run with the Running for One More team!  From organizing t-shirt sales, collecting donations, writing thank-you's, purchasing a t-shirt or sponsorships to running the 13.1 mile half marathon, we couldn't have been more blessed!  But most importantly, we were able to share the plight of the orphan to everyone as we ran in our Running for One More shirts!

The day was wonderful.  It was nice and cool, which was perfect for running!  We made it past the finish line just before the rain hit.

I wasn't able to get a picture of our whole team as everyone left the marathon sight quickly to beat the rain, but here are some pictures I was able to get:

Bottom right corner: Becky, Angela, and me at our church getting ready to leave for Nashville on Friday the 23rd.

Top right corner: Becky, Angela, and me at the Nashville Country Music Marathon and Half Expo on Friday night

Top left corner: Becky, me, Tracie, Chantelle & Eric at the Expo on Friday night.

Bottom left corner: Becky, Christen, and me at Greg's parents house right before we headed off to the race.

Below: A collage members of Team Running for One More passing the 11 mile marker of the Half Marathon.

Below: A few of us after the race.

I had a wonderful experience, and, surprisingly, ENJOYED the 13 miles!  Crazy, I know!  The past 3 months of training and building lasting relationships and "talking adoption and orphans" have all been a very memorable experience and I plan on continuing!  I didn't just train 4-5 mornings a week at 5:30 AM to just quit!  We (Running for One More Team) are even talking about a race here in Cape in November... so if you live nearby, mark your calendars for November 6!  Dust the cobwebs off your old running shoes and get yourself to the gym to join us in November!... more on that LATER!

And you know I can't end without some Ella cuteness... so here you go:

Ella and Joe hanging out at Mimi and Papa's (Greg's parents) house last weekend in their Running for One More tees!

Together we have made a difference... One Step. One Mile. One Child at a Time!