After 2 5Ks I said, "These things are over in like 30 minutes. I want to run longer."
I ran a few 10Ks in training. "This is halfway to a half marathon. I'm going to do one of those."
So I ran the half marathon. During my second half marathon I reached mile 10 and thought to myself, "This is almost over! But I was having so much fun..."
Today I signed up for the race that makes non-runners think that runners are insane. I signed up for a marathon. The Richmond Marathon, to be exact.
I've drank the crazy runner, torture yourself for hours, run 16-20 miles on Saturdays for fun, push yourself to the max Kool-Aid. I have signed up to join the marathoner cult.
Half of my brain says, "Girl, you're crazy. That's running a lot for month in training, leading up to a 4 hour run at the end." The other half says, "You can do this! It's only double a half marathon! Nothing can stop you!" We're going to listen to that second half.
The other day I saw a Boston Marathon sign that said "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 26.2", and have decided that will be my mantra throughout this training process.
Bring it on, Richmond.
I'm going to be at Richmond for my first half :) I just started running in earnest this past January and I've only done 5ks so far. I have my first 10k in June though and am gradually ramping up distance to get to the half in Richmond!
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