I wanted to start some sort of weekly topic that I can use every week to help give me an idea to blog out. Coming up with said topic is turning out to be quite challenging… So until I can think of something better and more interesting, I am going to pick something each week that I “wish” would happen. This often will be something ridiculous and not serious at all but hey, that’s ok, right?
If I had one wish...
This week’s “wish” is more on the serious side. I really want to run a marathon. I wanted to run one last year but training went so bad that I had to abandon the idea and run the half marathon instead. Since that day, I have had this nagging longing to run a stupid marathon. I don’t know why exactly that this is so important to me but it’s something I really want to do and I feel like it’s something my body really does not want me to do… I understand that marathon training is tough and I don’t care about that fact mentally. But physically, I doubt that I will have what it takes to finish. The Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon released their date for next year. October 7, 2012. After volunteering for this race this year, I know this would be a great race to do to cross this item off my bucket list but now the question remains on whether I have what it takes to actually do this.
A major problem with committing to this particular race is you pretty much have to decide in April because it fills up within days of when registration opens. The registration fee is only like $75 so I guess even worst case scenario, I could just loose the money if I can’t keep up with the training. I would just hate to decide to go for this and then end up hurting myself because of it or stressing my body too much and have it rebel at me. Plus then I will have to face the fact that I failed yet again at training for a marathon 
And yet I know that I will have this nagging wish in the back of my head until I can hang that Marathoner Medal with my other half marathon medals…
Positives improvements that I have made in my running this past year at times lead me to believe that maybe now this would be possible… I can eat before running now, I can eat while running, I can drink while running, I don’t refuel with blue corn tortilla chips. So things seem more positive and yet I just don’t know if I will ever be able to fulfill this wish…
I guess only time will tell?!?!
I believe in you sisser. I know one day you will cross the finish line of a marathon – whether you’re 26 or 106, and whether you’re running strong of crawling across the finish line. Soooo many things have changed since last year and after INSANITY this will feel like a piece o’ cake! Plus, you can always be that loner at the back who made all of the nice volunteer friends!
Wow, your faith in me is seriously underwhelming… 106?? And crawling?? And the last person?? But true, Insanity might make these seem like “nothing major”?!?!?
Well – you obviously can do better than each of those three scenarios!
I say “go for it!”.
I just signed up for a marathon today. You can totally do it if you put your mind to it! It’s hard….. but so worth it!
I probably will at least sign up and give it a try! And it must have been a marathon type of day – lol!! That’s exciting that you signed up for one today! Do you have a training plan you like to use?
Hi Kinley! Marathons are 75% mental. You have to WANT it and BELIEVE in yourself. Once you have that, the training will just fall into place. It won’t be easy, but you can do it!!
It sounds like you’ve learned a lot about fueling properly, too, so I bet this time around would be a lot different than last time.
Thanks for your encouraging words!! I for sure WANT it but I just need to get to the place where I believe I can do it! Good thing I have a few months to pep talk myself
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