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Celebrate Your Accomplishments: A Giveaway!

Several months ago, I won a Lift Your Sole giveaway. I got a Marathon Mom charm and 13.1 charm. I was planning on getting the 26.2 charm after NODM. But that didn’t happen because the 26.2 didn’t happen.

On June 3rd, I wrote, “It’s Time to be Here, Not There,” and I realized that I had not worn my necklace since my last really long training run, an 18 miler, on May 2nd. Normally, I wear the necklace at races or during long runs — whenever I think I need a little extra confidence — as a reminder of what I’ve done. On June 3rd, I guess I needed a little reminding.

After I finished writing that day, I thought about what I’ve done in the last 300 or so days: I’ve run two half marathons! That’s pretty good. Half marathons aren’t easy.

I’m a runner, I remembered. I should be proud of that. And maybe I don’t have a full marathon under my fuel belt just yet, but I did complete three half marathons, a 10K and a 5K in less than a year. Not too shabby.

Recently, I realized I had been so focused on 26.2 that I forgot to celebrate 13.1. Basically, I’d been looking too far into the future. So, I went online and bought a cool 13.1 sticker to put on the back of my minivan.

And I wore my 13.1 charm during the half at NODM.

Do you have a “sticker”? How do you celebrate your accomplishments?

Maybe you need a necklace!

LIFT YOUR SOLE GIVEAWAY
This one is especially for moms! Win either the “One Tough Mama” or “Marathon Mom” charms (black stretch cord included). There are lots of ways to enter:

1. Visit Lift Your Sole here and look around, then leave a comment and let me know what you thought of the site.
2. Become a Virtual Running Buddy of Mom vs. Marathon; leave a comment.
3. “Like” Lift Your Sole on Facebook here. Leave me a comment letting me know you did.
4. Share this giveaway: tweet it, Facebook it and/or post it on your blog, then leave me a comment for each thing you did.
5. Leave me a comment and share how you celebrate your accomplishments. Do you have a “sticker”? A necklace? Do you treat yourself to new jeans? Let’s hear it!
6. Become my friend on DailyMile here. (Leave me a comment below letting me know you did. Even though I will see the “friend request,” you will still need to be counted for the giveaway.)

The giveaway will run through through Monday, June 21st. Even if you don’t win the giveaway, you can still celebrate! There will be a special Lift Your Sole discount for Mom vs. Marathon Virtual Running Buddies starting at noon on June 22nd, so come back then for the details!

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106 comments

  1. I would love to win something for one of the running mamas in my life. I love LYS and she has so many beautiful pieces on her website!

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  5. Um, pretty sure you saw the stickers on my car last weekend? My friends teases me and says, “Can you even see out your back window?” I love having my huge 13.1 and 26.2 sticker on there! I wonder how my husband is going to feel when he finially gets home and drives my car….Poser! =]I'm a fan of Lift Your Soul of FB!! Love them!

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  27. Such a good reminder! It's so important to not dwell on the challenges and to celebrate all the awesome things you've done! Well said 🙂

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  37. I celebrate my accomplishments by creating a scrap book page of each milestone. I celebrate and remember every 10 lbs I've lost and I celebrate each race I've run no matter how short or long or good or crappy it was 🙂

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  46. I haven't really done anything to celebrate my accomplishments. Not sure if I could put a sticker on my car…just keep it on the down low. I think a necklace would be a good place to start.

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  50. I bought a magnet for the back of my car to celebrate my 1st half. My first marathon…I have to go BIG! I hope to get a necklace to celebrate it..along with a magnet and bracelet and shirt etc, etc, etc…I mean come on…a marathon is a pretty darn big thing!!!

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  52. So many cool necklaces…I love the running lady and Believe necklaces…and I'm a mom, so either of the mom ones would be cool.

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  56. I've celebrated by sharing my accomplishment with famly and friends…but, soon, I'll add a little something something 🙂

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  58. I love this kind of stuff. Their site is great and all the jewelry are such pretty reminders of our achievements.

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  64. I never did anything for my half's but for the marathon I am seeing a 26.2 sticker and some kind of necklace…I love those.

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  68. I really liked their “Run” stuff. If I won the marathon mom charm I'd have to save it until October (when it'll be true) and I'd need to get a charm to wear in the meantime.

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  69. So far every time I've finished training for my goal distance I've signed up for the next one to celebrate – learn-to-run to 10k to half marathon to marathon. Not sure what I'll do once that's over… as long as I catch the marathon bug I'll celebrate by deciding which one I'll do next!

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  83. I have looked around the Lift your Sole website-want to buy SO many things but since I'm not working right now-cant really justify spending money on jewelry and me…..but once I start working again…

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  85. I went to the Lift Your Sole website. I have seen it before and there are a ton of things I would want. I love the message of all their products.

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  88. I don't really reward myself for my accomplishments. I'd like to, but we are on a tight budget and I have a hard time justifying buying something for myself. I feel that race entries are my “splurge.” So I guess I am rewarded with race t-shirts and medals 🙂

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  91. I looked around the site and loved what I saw! There are so many little motivators there!

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  93. I've been looking at their site for a few weeks…I love the 13.1, the <3 to run and I want to get one made myself that says GYRO(which stands for get your run on!)

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