Two years ago, I thought the half marathon was an impossible distance for me. The more I ran, the more I started to think I should at least try. THEN, I hatched the idea that I should plan to run a half marathon before my next milestone birthday. I picked a local race that would allow that to happen, selected a training plan and signed up the day registration opened! I achieved that goal and many others in 2015, it was an EPIC year for me. I ran my first RAGNAR Relay in the mountains of Colorado, what a life changing experience. I ran two more half marathons in the fall, agreed to travel to Arizona for a half marathon in 2016.
All year long, I thought the full marathon distance was just crazy. Really who, would want to run that far? I'm pretty sure it hurts, and anytime it got brought up I said nope, never. You know the saying, "Never Say Never"! As 2015 is winding down, I am planning for a full in 2016. I don't have a specific race in mind, I have three potential events. Each of which at a minimum I will run the half, and one will be selected as a full.
I am not a fast runner, and that is not important to me. I enjoy the journey, the process and knowing what I have accomplished more than anything. Having said this, I am terrified of the cut off times. I do not want to work that hard training for the marathon distance only to miss a time limit set by someone else. When I think about it, everything points to the fact that I should be able to beat the cut off time at any of these events. Then I think about the unknown, I've never run that far before so I don't know how my body will respond to the distance. Still, I think I can.....
