I just found out that I got accepted to run the Boston Marathon with Team in Training. I'm excited, nervous, terrified, humbled, thrilled, and have absolutely no idea how the heck I'm going to get out to Wellesley every Saturday morning.
Here's why I'm psyched to run Boston:
-it'll be my first full marathon, and if you're going to do one, this is the one to do.
-my dad QUALIFIED for Boston in the spring--so as my family celebrates his unparalleled accomplishment as he crosses the finish line, they'll be able to go off and have a beer somewhere before coming back two hours later to watch my sorry ass limp into Copley Square.
-Nearly every Saturday morning for the past year and a half, I've been inspired by Team in Training runners who brave rain, snow, heat, injuries, fatigue, and general malaise to get out and run their miles. We all know that what we're training for is more important than how we feel on any given Saturday.
-Andrea A, Melissa, Amanda P, John E, Julie K, Monica, Jeff, and Max: all the people I've met over the past year who have struggled through or are still struggling with blood cancers. 26.2 is not nothing, but it's not chemo, surgery, radiation, and transplants.
So yes. Boston. Our training starts Nov. 8, and I'm hoping I'll avoid the pitfalls of last year's training season--my plan is to do 15 minutes of core strengthening every day to avoid back injury. Training for a half-marathon last year when all my friends were training for a full, I saw them in lots of pain, but never really had to experience that myself--now it's all on me.
I'm off for a run now--5 miles on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. I'll let you know how it all goes!
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