I ran a half marathon this past weekend! 

And I was able to set a new personal record, woohoo! I must say, that when people congratulated me, it felt kind of weird because honestly, I was a bit disappointed with my run. I felt that I could've done better - I had trained so much more, I had recovered from my injuries, I just didn't have any excuse for it not to be better, you know?

While I did get faster, it just felt like "not enough".

My good runner friend reminded me about how running progress often isn't linear, and on the race day as well there's just so many additional factors that could affect your performance. Clement reminded me too, that what he saw was a brave and disciplined woman, who trained in spite of being a busy mama and business owner. It made me think of the verse I had written then printed into a temporary tattoo to put on my arm, from Habakkuk 3:19. 

"The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights." 

When I was in university, I tore my ACL and had to go through intensive rehab - I remember how humbling it was to go from being a sprinter to learning how to walk again. And on the night before my final test to see if I can be cleared to run competitively again, God blessed this verse to me. And that's why I decided to put it on again for this race, and I kept thinking of it as I ran. Truly, sometimes, I just forget about how far I've come and how thankful I am to even be able to run and still do this. 

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