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Hello I am Stephanie M. Freeman and I have created this to let everyone walk with me through my journey I am taking to accomplish my dream of qualifying for the Boston Marathon. 
 
Running is such a passion of mine.  When I was 14 years old I experienced a life changing event that gave me this passion.  I suffered a brain injury from a car accident that left me in a wheelchair & with no hope to ever walk again.  For 2 months of my life I prayed for my miracle, and with strength and determination I proved all my doctors & nurses wrong... I walked again!
 
When I run now a days I let this memory drive me harder than ever to be the best person/runner I can be! So therefore I know this goal of mine WILL happen for me and I will make most sure of it!

Monday, August 20, 2012

Decisions

"Take calculated risks.  That is quite different from being rash."
~ George S. Patton


We all make tons of decisions unconsciously. And we choose our actions and form different opinions via mental processes. My decisions are influenced by different reasons, such as emotions and of course my memories. Making a big decision for me has always been hard especially if I know it will implement change in my life dramatically. For instance when I went through a divorce four years back it took me a while to understand that was a necessary step for me. I have always been a think things through kind of person and all I could think was how that was going to effect my son I was not sure if I should take a risk...  Well here I am many years later and I am most thankful I took that step, because it taught me so much about myself and what I truely wanted for me & my son in life. 

Lately I have had some decisions to make and I am influenced by some different memories I have.  Although these decisions aren't huge, like the big D I went through I still find it hard to decide:( Fortunately I have a ton of faith and I do know the best will turn out whichever I decide...






My upcoming weekend adventures

As I was riding down the road this morning I was listening to my mp3 player and I heard a lot of the same songs I was listening to on the day I blew my leg out. All I can say is this last week of recovery of this leg I will mediate and pray more than ever. Because this injury has humbled me and taught me so much. And I believe everything happens for a good reason and it has brought so many different good people into my life, taught me alot and I am so very thankful....

So my last week I will do my cross training as usual and I'm super excited of my weekend plans with Matt! We are volunteering for the Ironman in Louisville with Sam!!! I'm super excited because I've never experienced a full ironman! Matt is always trying to convince me to get involved into the Tri world but I'm focused more on my BQ before hand:). But it's definitely on my bucket list no doubt....