finish a marathon

Well, initially I wanted to RUN a marathon, but the running Gods had other ideas. Now I am content to know that even if I WALK the whole thing, I will have done it.
I am running/walking the Walt Disney World Marathon for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with their Team In Training. It’s been a wonderful experience and for a great cause.
I am running this for Mario, Kevin, Althea, Doris, and little Gracie.
God bless you all.

Training for Dublin marathon at the end of the month – longest run is 16 miles so far.

...a very small marathon.

Done – see race report here: http://jakob.thusgaard.com/?p=128

I started training last July ‘07, started running 5km – about 3miles and am now doing 19.2km or 12miles.

I just woke up one day and decided that I want to join the marathon. I guess maybe it’s because I just finished my MBA and right now I just want to have another overarching goal that I can focus on for some time.

I used to run track when I was in middle school. I wasn’t a very pleasent person back then. Never really happy. Not sure why. But track gave me something to do. Something to focus on. Something positive. Something I could strive to be the best at. And conquer people. Something to make me feel better about myself. Running in circles around the track made me feel free. Although I was restrained by the painted lines, like we are when we’re driving, no one could tell me to do anything. I could’ve just stood there when the signal was given for me to start running. I could have walked the whole time. I could have disqualified myself and let someone else win. But running gave me time to myself. Complete and utter focus on what I wanted to do, win. I won quite often. I was completely exhausted after the fact, but the mere fact the I completed a mile in around 6 minutes. Was a great feeling. I mean, it’s not that significant now. But I held the school record for about a year or so after I left. (record for the girls that is). And it felt great to know that I was the best, even if it was for a limited amount of time. But now. I don’t care about winning. I care about running. It’s like therapy for me. I can think about whatever I want. I can pace myself. It’s just me and the earth. But my knees have limited me. And that’s what I want to overcome. My knees. They’re pretty messed up. They hurt atleast 2 times a week. It sucks. But I think if I complete a marathon, I can get my spirits up and believe in myself, again.

I joined the Running Room marathon clinic … training begins on January 25, 2007. Wish me luck.

Running and completing a marathon three years ago left me with an incredible, indescribable feeling. I felt as if nothing is beyond my reach of achieving. I had never run any more than a mile prior to training, and within 9 months of my first-ever running habit in life, was standing at the finish line of Grandma’s Marathon in Deluth, Minnesota. I have full confidence that anyone can achieve this goal, and that your life will be drastically altered by this accomplishment.

Even though you may not be able to walk for the next week, the feeling of accomplishment is astronomical. Do it!

addictive!