So, it's the first of the year and on a run the other day, I decided that I was going to start blogging about my running. Pretty boring I'm sure, but oh well. Here it is and a little back story about me.
I started running at the age of 7 and went until my first year of college. I HATED running anything over 400 yards so the though of running 13 or 26 miles was crazy to me. In 2008 I was watching a biggest loser challenge and they had to run a half marathon and I thought if they can lose all that weight and run 13.1 miles, why can't I? So, I set off on a new goal for myself: run a 1/2 marathon. I have now run 4 half marathons (each one getting slower for variable reasons) and I am in middle of training for my first full marathon on March 4th!
I have been training for the full for a month now and I logged 111 miles in the month of December. This month alone I am set to run about 150 miles. Whew! I never thought I would be running this many miles EVER. But, here I am dreading getting off work each day, because that means I will need to run. No one ever told me training for a full marathon was going to be like having a part time job. I feel like my life consists of working, running, eating, and sleeping. But, I guess that is life. I have 2 goals for this marathon. The first one is to simply finish and the second is to finish in under 4 hours. Who knows if that will happen. But, here is my story and the journey of my running.
I started running at the age of 7 and went until my first year of college. I HATED running anything over 400 yards so the though of running 13 or 26 miles was crazy to me. In 2008 I was watching a biggest loser challenge and they had to run a half marathon and I thought if they can lose all that weight and run 13.1 miles, why can't I? So, I set off on a new goal for myself: run a 1/2 marathon. I have now run 4 half marathons (each one getting slower for variable reasons) and I am in middle of training for my first full marathon on March 4th!
I have been training for the full for a month now and I logged 111 miles in the month of December. This month alone I am set to run about 150 miles. Whew! I never thought I would be running this many miles EVER. But, here I am dreading getting off work each day, because that means I will need to run. No one ever told me training for a full marathon was going to be like having a part time job. I feel like my life consists of working, running, eating, and sleeping. But, I guess that is life. I have 2 goals for this marathon. The first one is to simply finish and the second is to finish in under 4 hours. Who knows if that will happen. But, here is my story and the journey of my running.
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