And here it is!!
This blog is created to record the trials, tribulations and triumphs associated with getting me to Disney to run a marathon on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Bless anyone who chooses to "tune into" this page for updates and comments.
I begin this journal a little wary; I am not sure whether this old and previously unathletic body has what it takes to run 26.2 miles or, as Chuck so aptly put it, from here to Nan and Pap's. Geez.
It hasn't started out very well, either. Last night was the kick-off, and Chuck was late getting home. Actually, he never got home; I had to meet him in a parking lot on the way to the bottom of what I am now convinced is the longest county in the United States of America. Just to add insult to injury: two fronts (not cold fronts, I assure you that!) collided right over the length of the county, creating the massive downpours and rains we expected when Charley was knocking. What should have taken 45 minutes took a full hour and a half drive, and we got there as they were cleaning up.
While I was there I met in person my mentor, whom I can already tell will be a perfect match for me. She cheerfully announced our first group training in Dunedin, at 6:15. IN THE MORNING. Saturday morning. Oh dear god. The first thing I thought of was, "Damn. No beer Friday night." Yes, I have my priorities straight. Chuck grinned a Cheshire smile; he's been urging me to get up in the wee hours of a weekend morn for as long as I've known him - he thinks it's the best part of the weekend. Oh, what have I gotten myself into??
But this is a goal I've set for myself, and the way I see it, it is an "all-around" goal. It will encompass many aspects of my life, many which need improving. It will force me to work out - not just for weight loss, but to be a better endurance athlete. It will force me to focus on other people outside my little happy microcosm: cancer survivors (and non-survivors :(), other people who are making a difference in our community, teammates, friends, family, etc. It will force me to set up organizational goals and meet them: fundraising, paperwork, fitting in do-or-die practices. It will help me make new friends in an arena I've grown pretty passionate about in the past few years: distance running.
I have a friend who has made this committment with me. We will work together to reach our fundraising goals and get each other up for practices, etc. She's the perfect partner in this: naturally athletic, also a mother of four and very goal-oriented.
Today I have to do an "easy" 30 minute run. Funny how I scoffed at the training schedule until I noticed that by Halloween I'd be doing an "easy run of 14 miles". Daggone. But I can do it.
I begin this journal a little wary; I am not sure whether this old and previously unathletic body has what it takes to run 26.2 miles or, as Chuck so aptly put it, from here to Nan and Pap's. Geez.
It hasn't started out very well, either. Last night was the kick-off, and Chuck was late getting home. Actually, he never got home; I had to meet him in a parking lot on the way to the bottom of what I am now convinced is the longest county in the United States of America. Just to add insult to injury: two fronts (not cold fronts, I assure you that!) collided right over the length of the county, creating the massive downpours and rains we expected when Charley was knocking. What should have taken 45 minutes took a full hour and a half drive, and we got there as they were cleaning up.
While I was there I met in person my mentor, whom I can already tell will be a perfect match for me. She cheerfully announced our first group training in Dunedin, at 6:15. IN THE MORNING. Saturday morning. Oh dear god. The first thing I thought of was, "Damn. No beer Friday night." Yes, I have my priorities straight. Chuck grinned a Cheshire smile; he's been urging me to get up in the wee hours of a weekend morn for as long as I've known him - he thinks it's the best part of the weekend. Oh, what have I gotten myself into??
But this is a goal I've set for myself, and the way I see it, it is an "all-around" goal. It will encompass many aspects of my life, many which need improving. It will force me to work out - not just for weight loss, but to be a better endurance athlete. It will force me to focus on other people outside my little happy microcosm: cancer survivors (and non-survivors :(), other people who are making a difference in our community, teammates, friends, family, etc. It will force me to set up organizational goals and meet them: fundraising, paperwork, fitting in do-or-die practices. It will help me make new friends in an arena I've grown pretty passionate about in the past few years: distance running.
I have a friend who has made this committment with me. We will work together to reach our fundraising goals and get each other up for practices, etc. She's the perfect partner in this: naturally athletic, also a mother of four and very goal-oriented.
Today I have to do an "easy" 30 minute run. Funny how I scoffed at the training schedule until I noticed that by Halloween I'd be doing an "easy run of 14 miles". Daggone. But I can do it.
And so, away we go!! :) Amazing that in 6 months I'll be able to say I ran a marathon. Amazing. Feel free to comment in my blog; I need all the encouragement I can get!!
Until tomorrow...
posted by Sarah Kathryn at 8/26/2004 01:00:00 PM
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