Limits and did that really happen???

Yesterday I ran the 5K with my girl for Girls on the Run......and I write all of the time about exercising regularly.....and I do.....nearly every day......and as I was driving there yesterday with my kids, I was realizing like yea Jenn you haven't been able to get your training in for running, and you might be in over your head lol:) But I decided to go all in, and do my best.....And running outside is very different, and more challenging than in for sure.....so they gave me my lovely bright yellow t -shirt lol......anybody that knows me, knows how I feel about t -shirts like that......not my favorite lol.....but all the running buddies had our matching gear, and we got to it:) ......and they had this fun glitter station, and hair stuff, and face jewelry....it was fun.....Mads got a cape....and I suppose it was wildly apropos that we are doing Girls on the Run right now.....because truthfully that is my vision for my I Got YOU GIRL brand and movement.......events that involve all that kind of energy on a big scale......so perhaps it was foreshadowing;-).....and so we RAN......I guess a part of me thought I could walk quickly and keep up......I am a fast walker.....but nope......running was the order of the day.....so when in Rome;-) And I ran most of it......needing to stop only a few times for short times to catch my breath some.....when you don't run for awhile the breathing gets tricky.....like you are being suffocated some lol.....was talking to another former runner at Gabe's baseball later in the day, that shared that sentiment too.....so it takes a rhythm to get used to.....And my girl could have run the whole thing.....no doubt....and next year has us scheming already, and I WILL be training by way of running......but there was an extraordinary moment that I was blessed to have....."This is Me" was playing on our last lap.....and I love that song, but the lyrics always resonate, but this time it instantly brought me to tears.....the unexpected bursting kind, and full head to toe goosebumps.....realizing in that moment as the lyrics played that THIS IS ME......and that my girl and I are brave and bruised......but so fully who we are supposed to be.....and it was a wonderful experience.....a magical spiritual moment.....and a wonderful moment with my girl......we crossed the finish line together.....and it felt like something....and we will be ready for next year......calling a goal to run the whole thing......:) And I am for sure going hard at fitness this summer.....calling best shape of my life! Just sayin......Clean eating and setting the bar high.....so here we go.....will leave you with those lyrics this morning......they are good ones.....and I felt it in my soul indeed......as for me two more in service days and well hey there summer:)

I am not a stranger to the dark

"Hide away, " they say

"'Cause we don't want your broken parts"

I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars

"Run away, " they say

"No one'll love you as you are"

But I won't let them break me down to dust

I know that there's a place for us

For we are glorious

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out

I am brave, I am bruised

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

Look out 'cause here I come

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Another round of bullets hits my skin

Well, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink in

We are bursting through the barricades and

Reaching for the sun (we are warriors)

Yeah, that's what we've become (yeah, that's what we've become)

I won't let them break me down to dust

I know that there's a place for us

For we are glorious

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out

I am brave, I am bruised

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

Look out 'cause here I come

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

This is me

and I know that I deserve your love

(Oh-oh-oh-oh) there's nothing I'm not worthy of

(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out

This is brave, this is bruised

This is who I'm meant to be, this is me

Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum (marching on, marching, marching on)

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

Whenever the words wanna cut me down (oh-oh-oh-oh)

I'll send a flood to drown 'em out (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)

I'm gonna send a flood (oh-oh-oh-oh)

Gonna drown them 'em out (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

Oh

This is me