Yesterday, March 3, 2018, Jake completed a goal he had for the year. He ran the Woodlands Texas Marathon (a Boston qualifier). He not only ran it, he owned it! Jake finished in 3 hours, 38 minutes (and that was after hitting a wall the last three miles). He had paced a guy doing an 8 minute mile, but when the guy called out the times, they were 7 minutes 45 seconds, 7 minutes 32 seconds, etc. A lot faster than Jake was planning on hence the struggle at the end. Even still, he came across the finish line strong as if he could go another 10 miles. He finished 1st in his age group, was in the top 15% overall, and almost an hour faster than the average overall men's time. You wouldn't know it, but he was nursing a knee injury from the last three weeks. He had been praying and praying that the Lord would help him accomplish this and he later reported that he didn't have one issue with his knee. He said he definitely had some divine help--it was an awesome experience and definitely validation considering he was in the hospital 16 months ago after collapsing during a cross-country competition. He proved to himself that he can do physically hard things.
This is the before picture. :)
Getting ready to cross the finish line!
A 26.2 FINISHER!!!
THEN--as he and Jared were making their way back home, Jake found out by email that he was ACCEPTED TO BYU in Provo! He's been a College Station Cougar these past four years and will continue to be a Cougar--in two years, of course, as he'll be deferring to serve his mission.
AND FINALLY--President Sharp sent us an email at 12:13 AM this morning titled "Update 2.0" ;) His missionary application has officially been submitted to Church headquarters!! The clock is now ticking...he should have his call in about 3-4 weeks.
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