One day while sitting at work I was on a fitness high. I had ran 6 miles the day before and somehow mananged to not walk one bit. I thought I would sign up for a 5k and maybe even a 10k. Before I knew it my fingers were flying across the keyboard and I had signed up and paid for a half marathon in July. (I cant tell you how stupid excited I was to receive the email stating I needed to be at the starting line by 7 am on July 17th!)
From there I talked to a few coworkers about what my goals were. My coworker suggested that I sign up for a full marathon after, to keep my momentum going and since I'm the kind of person who will do something if I paid for it, that it would help keep me going.
So there I was looking up Marathons after July. I found the perfect one, Canyon City Marathon. After clicking the "I Agree to the Terms' button (who really reads those things) I was $150 down but my heart was soring! I couldn't wait for Nov 12th to come. I honestly only picked that one because the entire marathon is downhill AND you get the biggest medal I've ever seen and who doesnt want a big ass medal!?
That night I did my research. After falling in love with Running Connect I have my own personal running plan all the way up to my half and my full marathon. I'm stoked. That means by the end of the year I'll have done a half and a full. (And lets face it I'm really hoping to drop a TON of weight while running too!!)
This morning I woke up, strapped on my new running shoes and took off for my "4 mile easy run".
The first mile went easier than expected. I could do this! Right as the second mile started I thought that I was ready for all of this, that I could do anything and I should have signed up for a half marathon sooner than July. UNTIL... 1.25 miles hit and the wall knocked me down. My pace went from a 10:00 pace to about 13:30. I felt as if I started walking I could have gone faster. The rest of the 4 miles was a struggle. I kept thinking "what did I get myself into? How could I be so stupid? I will never be able to do this.
Right as my fitbit buzzed me in saying it took me 49 minutes to complete 4 miles I was devisated. I used to be much better than this. Back in the day I could run 7 miles in an hour with ease. Now I can barely get down my road without looking as if someone should call 911 because I was going down.
So Dietbet community I will be documenting my struggle and adventure along the way to this half and full marathon.
I can tell you now that this will be a process. That there will be days where I feel like this. Like complete crap but at the end of the day I ran 4 miles and I survived. One step at a time.
There will be days where I have my best run ever! I can't wait for those days, and soon I will see those stubborn pounds start to slide right off.
Feel free to join me on this journey! I have an 8 mile long run tomorrow. It will be the farthest I've ran in one go. Wish me luck! I'll be sure to tell you how my calves are kiling me and I want to give up but I wont!