Half crazy? Crazy? Or completely insane??

I stared at my computer that Thursday afternoon deciding whether or not I wanted to pick my death date. My mom was encouraging me that I could do it! I knew I could, I knew I wouldn’t die if I did the right training... i just didnt know exactly what i was getting into.

So I did it, before I could change my mind, I chose October 13, 2012 to be either the date that I truly live, or the day I die.

That is the day I plan to run my first marathon. I knew I could do it! I’ve done a triathlon out of the blue, it was hard but I survived.

 

It’s been my goal to do one ever since before I can remember, never once did I imagine it would be this soon, and with this little of training!

There was 7 weeks until the big day so I decided to go straight to work.

That night my mom and I went to the gym, I ran 2 miles and that’s when I realized how stupid I was! I thought to myself ‘you can't do this' 'you can hardly run 2 miles' 'this is not for you'. But I had already paid and agreed.

The next day I went out and ran 8 miles. The most I have ever run. I said to me, 'if you can pull 8 miles out of your butt, you can run a marathon with training'.

I ran the 8 miles fine, with a little sore muscles the next day, but I did it. I knew I could do this marathon.

I ran small distances every day the next week.

On Saturday morning I volunteered at a half marathon called "only half crazy" seeing all the people that were running I once again got discouraged. They were all so fit and prepared, and I wasn't and I was running twice the distance they were!

That night my father and I went out for my first really long run. We planned a route that would be 12 miles. I had planned to finish in 2 hours and 20 minutes. Seeing as I didn’t think I could run at a decent pace for that long. When we got to seven miles I told my dad I wanted to tack on another mile and just make it a half. We did and I ended up running a half marathon in 2 hours and 13 minutes! That’s less than I thought it would take me to run less! I was so happy! And that is when I truly knew I could do it. It just takes mind power. And of course for the marathon I will need to train greatly, but I can do it!

So that is what I am, completely insane. I am training for a marathon in 7 weeks.

 

To those who doubt, ill prove you wrong. You have no idea how fast I am able to rise from the ashes.