The Long Hard Road
The idea has been floating around inside of my lipid skull for awhile now, but the very notion of it is so absurd that I didn’t really want to confront it. I suspect that the posibility of being able to actually do it is something of a stumbling block, and that if I come out and say I’m going to do it I really won’t have any excuse at the end of the day if I fail. And by fail I mean that I do nothing what-so-ever in pursuit of this idea. I’m seriously considering that before the end of this year I will run and complete a marathon. See how I did that, I’m still very non-commital about the whole thing, but I did take my first baby steps yesterday towards becoming more commital.
I’ve been browsing on line and there is a lot of information out there for marathon training, and it seems like such a straight forward process that it seems silly not to give it a go. I’m no stranger to workout routines, I was on a very stringent one for almost two years, and I’m thinking that if I have an end point goal the whole process should be that much more fulfilling. Plus I back slid like a mother fucker over the last year or so, and this is a good opprotunity to get back to a serious workout regime.
This whole idea has been creaping into my head for awhile now, and it mostly started when I woke up late a few years ago on marthon Sunday here in Dallas. I didn’t know it then, but I was watching the straglers trudge their way toward the finish line somewhere in downtown. Still I was impressed by the spirit of the thing. I’ve since volunteered to call out pace times with Mitzy in the last two White Rock marathons, and I’ve really gotten swept in the whole even. For some reason I find it very emotional. The final kick in the pants was a viewing of a documentary titled, “Spirit of the Marathon”, and now I’m pretty hooked on doing it myself. I’m not sure why, and I wasn’t alone, but the movie made me pretty emotional and I’m keen to experience that, but I think the bigger reason is that I’m really craving some direction in my life. I’ve just been adrift since my divorce and I’m hoping that this will really get me going. Mitzy tells me, and everything I hear tells me that this is a really life changing experience.
I’m starting slowly, that’s the main idea I’ve read on a few sites. I got up early yesterday, went to the gym and did a 20 minute walk/run, even though the schedules recommend starting with just a walk I decided I’m a bit more advanced than that and started with some running thrown in. It felt really good, today is a rest day and then tomorrow and Thrusday I’ll be back at it. We’ll see how it goes, if I stick to the idea I may even head to the running specialty store to let them fit me with specialty running shoes.