Marathon!

A little while back I decided that I wanted to run a marathon.  I always remember saying that it was something that I was totally OK with not doing... but then I was watching Biggest Loser (I know I know) and the last 4 contestants run a marathon to raise money for a charity.  And I thought, "if they have the dedication and determination then why can't I?"  And this is after they've worked so hard to lose all the weight that they have to be healthy enough to even attempt it.

So... I knew that Grand Rapids had one in October and I thought that would be a good time because of the weather.  I HATE HATE HATE running in hot humid weather.  I guess my lungs really don't like it that much... the asthma flares up really badly when its humid out.  So I figured I have about a year to train for it.  There is a 25K in May in GR also that I thought would be a good training stepping stone to it.  I thought that I could train for the 25K (15.2 miles) and if I still left the need to run more then I would continue with my training for the marathon.

Well, I was looking online for deadlines and stuff and saw that Kalamazoo has a marathon... but it's a bit earlier... like 6 months earlier.  It's the Sunday before the 25K.  That means I have about 6 months to prepare for both races.  I'm geeked about it.  :)  I signed up for a 24 hour gym (so that I can run when the kids are asleep).  My mother-in-law got me a manuel treadmill for Christmas (because of space and we thought that it would be quieter) but you can't run on them.  It was way to hard and because there isn't a motor the "Flintstone" power just wasn't enough.  So the money that was used for that is going towards the membership.

I will keep you updated on how training is going!  I'm excited to see if I can do it.  Gaetan and I talked and we discussed that if I had time and it wasn't interfering with life then I would do it. I just remember when my Dad trained for the 25K Mom just said that it seemed like all he was doing... and obviously I don't have that kind of time to dedicate to it.  So if I can great, if not, maybe next year :)

JVG