Around November Annie suggested that we get some friends together and start training for the Salt Lake City Marathon. I'd been running for exercise (dogs notwithstanding), but a few laps of the park are a long way from the 26 miles of a marathon. I can't just run a marathon. I'm no Ryan Daniels, after all. So, naturally I thought Annie was crazy. She insisted that we could start training even if we couldn't yet run very far. After Jason showed me a training schedule and I realized that the first few runs were actually doable, I agreed that I would try training for it.
And so, for the past few months, the three of us have been training. Until recently I was a little bit embarrassed about it. It seemed like saying that I was training for a marathon would be like saying that I was going to run for president of United States. Seriously, if I saw me and if I told me that I was running a marathon, I'd be like, who does this guy think he is?
So, on Saturday of last week we ran 18 miles, our longest so far and second longest of our training. It was brutal, but I finished. I feel like now I've finally reached the point where I can say that I'm training for a marathon and not be embarrassed about it, like maybe I can actually do this thing.
As a side note, this training has made me a big fan of leash laws. If one of the presidential candidates would make that their platform then I'd definitely vote for them.
3 comments:
That's great! Congratulations on what you've accomplishment already, I'm sure you guys are going to do awesome. And you'll probably feel so good when it's over with, and SOOO lousy too. That's all part of the fun, right?
Woah- no offense but I kind of had the same thought that you said you would have had about yourself. A marathon? I am proud. Actually I am gushing with pride. That is great and 18 miles? Woah. I get tired running like 100 yards. I am out of shape.
Have you lost weight training? That's a lot of miles to be running and I think I would be losing weight if I ever aspired to do something like that.
Thanks, guys. I think I've started to lose weight, but only very recently. I was running for a long time before I noticed any weight loss. Of course, I haven't changed my eating habits... ;)
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