Weekend Recap

Saturday:
Long run day. About four steps in to my run I realized the daunting truth about the task I had chosen - Thirteen miles is very very far. And as my mind became cluttered with self doubt and questions, I breezed through the first half mile. It was a fairly good feeling rounding that first corner and suddenly thinking, "Hey, I'm not out of breath, and I don't feel like I'm going to throw up, and my legs don't really hurt, and, and, I've never done that before!" Okay, scratch that, it was an AWESOME feeling. I'm still chugging along with my 15 minute mile, taking walking breaks when my breath gets caught in my chest, but at least I'm out there doing it.

Sunday:
I had been avoiding telling my friends about this half marathon endeavour. Partly because I'm not sure all of them believe I'll follow through, thus providing doubt rather than support. Partly because I've been trying to avoid those that will hold me to this lofty goal, thus making me feel guilty if I do not succeed (through no fault of their own). But mainly because I'm not doing it for them, I'm doing it for me. Therefore I believe my motivation should come from me.

When I told my roommate, who also holds the title of Best Friend so I thought she deserved to be in on it, her "Good Luck" was delivered with a tone of a less than supportive nature. However I must give her credit for telling me that I had to run on Saturday. There was no "or else," I just had to.

Sunday was the day that I told a friend I had been avoiding telling like the plague. And her response was not what I expected, but also undesired: "Wow, you're making me feel really bad about myself right now. I've been training for almost a year, and I'm not doing mine till August. Now you're just going to whip one out in March." Um...thanks for the support? I chose to avoid the topic for the rest of the day.

Today marks the first day of my longer runs. I've been somewhat comfortably hovering at two miles during the week, pushing up to three miles on the weekends. This week, three miles is my standard. Which means...this is becoming a reality.