|| New Mega Goal ||Running a half marathon?!?!!?

 

I have only done a "real" run four times in my life - three 'Run for the Cure's and one Tim Horton's 'Chilly Chase"', all were 5km.

I've always been impressed by people who accomplish longer runs, like even 'just' a 10km, or a half marathon (21km I think) and especially full marathons/triathlons.

I think sometimes people say from the very beginning "oh man, no way, I just am not built for that... I could never do it". Which I have said a few times about long distance runs any longer than 5km. I wonder though, if it really is possible. A friend of mine, someone I've known since Kindergarten, she says she's done a few of these half marathons with little to no training. She just "does it", pretty much.

Well, she's now asking me to train with her for the Goodlife Half Marathon on May 6, 2012.We both belong to the same gym, and live so close together, and have both always had similar sports interests as we went through school together. I know we have the ability to  motivate each other in different ways, and it will be fun.

But... Can I do it? 

They say (well, more specifically, Eleanor Roosevelt said) "Do one thing every day that scares you".

This definitely scares me. I'm not sure why... it's not failure that scares me, because to be completely brutally honest, I already think I will "fail"... and not because I'm trying to sound negative or feel bad about myself, I just don't think I'll be able to do it - one, for the timing of how much training I have to do between work and completing my masters this year (yet another thing that scares me!), but also that I know how I feel when I'm running and 5km hurts so much I can't imagine multiplying that distance by 4!

What scares me about this, I think, is the super challenge - and it's a good scare, not a bad scare. I am looking forward to having a huge goal to step towards every week. If I do end up doing it I will be amazed and shocked, and can only imagine what next || New Mega Goal || I will take on. Maybe... climbing a mountain like Everest?!? LOL one thing I've always admired but always say "oh man, no way am I built for that"...

It will be interesting to see where taking this goal for a ride will end up dropping me off!

I'll keep you posted if you're interested in hearing how the progress goes. Good or bad, as the weeks grow closer and closer to May 6th!