So in my quest to not weigh a million pounds and be like every other woman who has had a baby and not happy with themselves, I set a goal for myself. I want to "run", or should I say complete, a marathon before I'm 40. That gives me 3 1/2 years to do it.
I decided for the first time in a long while that I would not procrastinate on this one. I am the queen of working under pressure.. in fact, it is under pressure that I do some of my best work. It is what makes me a great fit for the career I'm in... working well under pressure.
But for this task I have decided to not wait until I am 3 months shy of turning 40. I don't know why I picked 40, it just seemed like a good age. The time in your life when you are either in your prime, or quickly climbing to the top of "the hill".
Well today I took my first step (pun intended) toward reaching my goal. I've done the research, talked with successful marathoners, downloaded a training guide, bought new shoes and winter running gear, and told just enough people to embarrass myself if I don't follow through. I am ready. Up until today it was just talk. Today, during my lunch break I actually began the training schedule. I don't officially have to start the training schedule until the week of Christmas, but hey, I am an overacheiver.
I ran 2 miles at lunch, grabbed a salad and am halfway finished with my 70 ounces of water for the day. Not bad.
Problem is this.. I went to my normal boot camp class this morning. We focused on legs!! So when I stop to think about it I did 700+ squats this morning, my normal core work and then ran 2 miles. No wonder my legs were on fire the last 1/2 mile.
As I was running at noon with my face freezing off because it's 25 degrees outside I thought to myself.... why am I doing this? Who is making me do this? Oh yeah, that would be ME.. just ME.
I don't know if I'll meet my goal in April of running the full Memorial Marathon, but I am sure that when I'm officially "over the hill" I'll run to the top and coast all the way down the back side of it!!
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You can TOTALLY do this!! Trust. Before my first marathon, the longest run I had EVER had was around the block. Good Luck!!! Stay faithful with your training. And remember, the only goal should just be to finish the marathon. Your medal will be the same as the ones that finished in 2 1/2 hours.
It's so weird that you posted this yesterday. I told Stan that I was turning over a new leaf yesterday and was going to get back on it. Your post motivated me even more!
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