OMG, ( goodness that is) you are such amazing women and I thank God everyday that you are in my circle....I finally am writing on the blog again....spent a boat load on new bicycles for our three children and they are off.....thus the time I have made to post!!!! well as you probably read Mia in her incredible will, strength, complete "I will not quit or cheat" attitude has coached me to not only finish 7.2 but do 8 miles CRAZY Some of her words of wisdom were....one foot in front of the other, any road side trail only has a 3% grade ( somehow that comforted me although I didn't know what 3% looked like!!) on the 8 mile day(yesterday) I was freaking for a little minute and called her and she said,"well go out 4, which you know you can do and when you turn to do the second four, you are going home !!!" That held me the whole way... Elizabeth you are soooo amazing as I said it has taken me 12 YEARS postpartum to get my act together to make time for me and to be ready to transform my body back to health and power and you are doing it already, your pics are unbelievable.... Jean as I have already said in my comment you have had a life race these last six months of staying strong and faithful so that has been your workout, mindset control and now you can use that strength to work on your body never too late...and mom. you are soooo amazing, what wisdom and inner strength you have, what an incredible example of how to do marriage !!! you always look beautiful to me and you life struggle with body size has taught me sooooo much, Thanks everybody keep the faith!! Love, Carroll