{"id":181,"date":"2012-10-18T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylrostek.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/18\/race-day-reflections\/"},"modified":"2012-10-18T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T17:17:00","slug":"race-day-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylrostek.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/18\/race-day-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Day Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>I have now completed the 30KM run around <st1:place><st1:placename>Cultus<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Lake<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> aptly named Around the Lake Give \u2018R Take 30.&nbsp; It felt different crossing the finish line for this race than it did when I completed my half-marathon a year and a half ago.&nbsp; In the latter I had this incredible high and an incredible sense of accomplishment, second only to giving birth to my daughter.&nbsp; But today, I feel more of contentment.&nbsp; The run was challenging and the training to get there was arduous; but doing the actually race was simply enjoyable. &nbsp;And the finish line filled me with a huge amount of thankfulness.&nbsp; Yes, I am incredibly thankful for my health and the capability of my body.&nbsp; However, even more than that I am so deeply thankful for my husband and my daughter.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was just yesterday that I got this notion that I was running this race for Rayna.&nbsp; I\u2019ve been excited that I would dress Rayna in her Puma \u2018running\u2019 outfit for race day.&nbsp; But as I was feeding Rayna breakfast yesterday I began to tune my thoughts to my last race.&nbsp; I started thinking about how that race was on the day that was the due date of our first child who was miscarried and how I especially chose to run that race with that in mind.&nbsp; And here, present this race day, is my beautiful daughter.&nbsp; I started to think about seeing her at the finish line dressed in her oh so cute outfit and I decided this race is for her in some way or fashion.&nbsp; My excitement grew and I was very much looking forward to giving her a big soggy hug at the completion of my run!&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I began to feel emotional as I approached the finish line.&nbsp; Like I could have cried had I wanted to (I did not).&nbsp; So as I neared the finish line and saw my handsome husband with his camera ready I felt such complete gratitude. There before me was my incredibly supportive husband. &nbsp;And right by him was my daughter in my mother in law\u2019s arms.&nbsp; My absolutely beautifully precious daughter.&nbsp; As the hours pass since that moment, I am realizing to an even greater extent that I am immeasurably blessed to have a beautiful family that I love so inexplicably completely.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now as I eat my post run Smart Pop laden with loads of butter, I think of the beautiful golden leaves that surrounded me on parts of my run and I am turned to think of thanksgiving.&nbsp; Not Thanksgiving, as in a single day to demonstrate thankful hearts, but thanksgiving, a state of heart that embraces all these moments that make up the path of life and appreciates each one of them for where they take us.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>These thoughts compel to speak my heart right here and say: Thank you Ryan for being the man of my dreams, a husband I can pride myself to stand beside, and an incredible father who makes his daughter laugh like no one else and who will garners the utmost respect as she grows up.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So how was my trail race?&nbsp; It was really great.&nbsp; And was it worth all the love\/hate training feelings I had?&nbsp; Absolutely.&nbsp; Even when I popped out a rib? Certainly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Yeah, this trail race was real good and this one was for you pretty girl!&nbsp; Your mama loves you so much.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have now completed the 30KM run around Cultus Lake aptly named Around the Lake Give \u2018R Take 30.&nbsp; It felt different crossing the finish line for this race than it did when I completed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Race Day Reflections - Cheryl Rostek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cherylrostek.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/18\/race-day-reflections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Race Day Reflections - Cheryl Rostek\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have now completed the 30KM run around Cultus Lake aptly named Around the Lake Give \u2018R Take 30.&nbsp; 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