Stepping back to look forward

One thing that I didn't look back at and reflect on after the run on Sunday was my positives from the run.  I think I was a little guttered and wound up in the negatives from my run that I did look at the good.  So what are these goods?

*  This was half marathon number 6.  Why is this such a big deal - well I only started 'running' back in 2013!  This was the year I completed my first 10km, my first 15km and then went on to run my first half marathon in the December.  It is also my second half marathon for this year.  The other one was just back in April when I ran an off road half.
*  This year I managed to stay ahead of the pacer for a lot longer - last year I was past with around 9-10km to go.  This year, I stayed ahead of the pacer until around 5km to go!  This shows I did some strong running to begin with.
*  I had a goal of getting a photo of me smiling while running.  Yes, my husband has got photos like this for me before but always earlier in the race.  This year, it got them again BUT the professionals also got a photo of me smiling!  WIN.  As some friends also pointed out to me, there was an air shot of me - yep, I was running that strong at the time that both feet left the ground.
*  Lastly, I have proven to myself that I have it in me to keep on going and complete the 21km race.  The going got tough and I did want to give up a couple of times but I didn't.  I was strong and I did it.

So I am ready to move forward now and will leave you with this quote I love: