complete a marathon

My first marathon. My time was 5 hrs and 26 min which isn’t very fast but I finished – injury free. I can’t wait to start looking forward to my next one.

My marathon is this Sunday and I couldn’t feel better about it. Of course I’ll be nervous because it’s my first one, but I have trained and I feel confident that I will at least complete it.

It’s going to feel great to check this off my list since I have tried twice to run marathons and never completed the training program and therefore not ran. (San Diego in June 2006 and Atlanta in 2006). What a great way to start 2008!

I had always been weary of running because it wasn’t something that came naturally to me. As I have slowly upped my mileage I found running to become easier and easier. I heard people talk about the point where your body just moves mechanically and you can just enjoy a run instead of concentrating on how hard you are working or how much farther you have to go – - and I have finally reached that point. I had no desire to stop and walk at all on my 8 mile jog last night. While I’m sure I’ll take a break or two on my 18 miler tomorrow…I feel so happy with the progress I am making.

The arizona Rock and Roll marathon in January! Training is actually going very well and the closer it gets the more excited I am!