Trainning for a marathon was a natural transition after coming off my triathlon trainning over the summer. I had the endurance and so I worked on my speed. The distance of the run and the run itself was not difficult and luckly I did not experience any periods of extreme exhaustion. The hard part was afterwards, I felt fine and the soreness in my legs was pretty much gone after day 3. Internally, I think my body took a bigger beating than I realized. I lost a lot of weight and my body fat dropped, I experienced break-through bleeding and my period was barely existant. I am recovered now, but I have to admit that I was scared. Sometimes you don’t realize how much you are demanding of your body. I love my body more now because I see how strong and resiliant it is. I don’t want to take my body for granted.