Yesterday I signed up to run the Country Music half Marathon in April. . .
My friend Kati mentioned it and said how she really wanted to run in it. However, the catch was that she didn’t want to do it by herself. She then asked me if I would be interested in doing it with her. She also added that I was probably the only friend she had who would really even be serious about considering something like that. I don’t know if she told that line to everyone, but it actually worked on me.
Running in a marathon has always been something I have wanted to do. Unfortunately I’ve never been in marathon running shape (how many people have) and I’ve never had anyone to push me through it. Although I know that this is only a half marathon, I know I have to start somewhere. But now I have a reason to train, a goal to work towards, and a fantastic feat to achieve.
Even though I haven’t actually started training yet I’ve been thinking really hard about my game plan. I’ve also decided that I’m going to start a separate blog about the process.
I think I’ll probably just post things about how it’s going, keep track of the weight I lose, articles/tidbits of information I find, and all sorts of other good stuff. I might even get with Kati and we can blog together. A two person blog. I’ll be sure and post a link once I get started.
Pretty soon I’m going to be able to scratch something off my list of things to do in my lifetime. It’s actually kind of exciting. Thanks to my Cousin and my Aunt for lending me a treadmill while I train.
December 30, 2005
In my humble opinion, and I know everyone loves my opinion, 13.1 miles is the best race length. I like halves much better than I do 5k’s, 10k’s, hell, or even 15k’s.
I live to run half marathons. They’re the best.
A whole marathon… eh. Do it once to say you did it, but don’t do anymore. They’ll just fuck up your knees.