Surviving

So far so good... a slow 4K on Wednesday, a little faster 8K on Thursday, another slow 4K on Friday and then an 11K slightly faster on Saturday. I took Sunday off and did a moderate 7K at lunch today just before the snow really hit. It was a strange feeling at the end of my long run thinking "OK, that's about a quarter of what I'm training for". Wow.

So things are slowly progressing and I'm feeling like finishing this thing might not be completely out of the realm of possibility just yet. Fingers crossed.

The marathon is 76% sold out in case anyone else out there feels some inspiration! :-)

"You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face." -Gatorade

The Ultimate Challenge

So I did the unthinkable today..... I signed up for a FULL MARATHON that is only 2 and a bit months away. I know I know, you're all thinking "wait, Amanda doesn't run anymore" and yes, you'd be right. It has been a long while of limited exercise, potato chips, traveling and Pretty Little Liars (my new fav tv show). Well.... I'm up for the challenge (I think) and turning to the blog for support, love and a place to vent when shit hits the fan.

In case you're wondering what sparked this challenge... I realized that I had lost the lack-luster for running that I used to have and saw friends of mine very motivated for the Ottawa race weekend. I thought what a great idea, I will sign up for the half marathon. Only this brilliant thought came to me the DAY AFTER it sold out :( so then I pondered for another day (seeing that the 10K was 96% sold out) and decided to settle on the 10K. But alas, I waited too long and it too sold out. So now here it goes..... full marathon on May 29th, 2011 starting at 7am. Wish me luck!!! I will need it!!

p.s. I'll start this blogging thing with some day one progress - today I went for a 30 minute jog, which is when I decided that I wanted to challenge myself with this. It was a very slow jog and my first since umm.... a LONG time ago (maybe Christmas-ish). Oh and in case you're interested, I'm not officially setting a goal but I think under 5 hours and I'll be happy lol.