Insanity

My last post (which was in February...oops) talked about how I'd recently completed my first 10k.

Well, a crazy thing happened over the weekend.

I ran a half marathon. You read that correctly, I ran my first half marathon! It still doesn't seem like it's possible. There are no words to describe my feelings upon completing this race.

In October, when I begin the Ease into 5k program, running for 90 seconds was a challenge. And here I am, 8 months later, running 13.1 miles and feeling great the entire race. Seriously - it was FUN! And that shocked me, especially because the last two weeks of training hadn't gone super well.

But since it was fun, and because I'm a crazy person, I'm going to begin training for a full marathon. That's right - a freakin marathon!

Now, I'm only committing to beginning the training at this point. It's a lot more difficult to train for a marathon, not just because of the increased distance (which is obviously harder) but also because of the increased time commitment and the extent to which it cuts into your personal life.

But, what better time than now? I'm in the best shape of my life, my running base is already built up, and we don't yet have kids. There will never be a better time in my life to give this a shot.

So, with hard work and a little luck, I hope to say that I'm a marathon in just 20 weeks from now.

I'll keep you posted! Maybe - I'm not very good at blogging.