Today I went for a run and I’m back. I never left, but most of my voice went to trying social media to share my journey.  I’ve learned this is still my favorite platform to share my journey.  So today I went for a run and celebrated twenty miles that felt great!  Let’s step back a second. Yesteday I signed up for the Valley Forge Marathon, an in person event, that seems likely! A real race!!! With marathon 38 penciled in as a live event, I laced up this morning ready to go and was not disappointed. After being away I finally took to the streets around my house for my long run. I decided to divide my run into three loops making it easy to refill my water once it started getting hot. It worked perfectly; however, I ended up chugging Gatorade before my last loop leaving me a little sloshy in my stomach for two miles.I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect sunrise run. My long runs lately have been sluggish and tough. To mix things up I’ve run while my husband biked along with me, I tried solo runs, morning and night runs, but in the end I felt heavy.  Maybe I just needed to be where things were familiar and with a goal finally penciled in. I paused on Gerst to take in the sun which now had made its way above the horizon and was beginning to pull back the misty, nighttime blanket. I was pretty happy to have my phone to take a picture. To paraphrase a favorite marathon training quote, savor the process and the journey that gets you to the finish line because they are worth more than crossing a makeshift finish.