Wednesday, October 8, 2008

13.1

More and more, I’m considering doing my second half-marathon. I’m not quite certain what is holding me back from committing (except my ongoing commitment issue). I’ve done one before so know I have the discipline to train. I even enjoyed the first one. I went into it with only two goals and both were met: 1) finish and 2) run the entire thing. A surprise outcome was that I ran a respectable 2:03 when I was anticipating a 2:10 at best.

What I’m thinking of is the Go! St. Louis Marathon, Half-Marathon, and Marathon Relay, which is held every April in my beautiful burg. In 2007, I was part of a marathon relay team and did enjoy the race and day.

I signed up for the 2008 half, but didn’t train enough during the cold winter months to run it, which I ended up regretting. This year, with a gym membership, the cold weather should not limit my training as much– I can simply run inside, once I learn to discipline myself to run on the treadmill.

This time there will be a third goal: finish in under 2 hours.

Maybe it’s time to put my commitment issue aside for a time, sign up, and start the training program.

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