She’s going the distance

Because [she's] racing and pacing and plotting the course,
[She's] fighting and biting and riding on [her] horse.
[She's] going the distance.

Um, so I signed up for another half-marathon.

Despite saying I had no desire to do so.

And despite saying that I can’t do winter training (primarily because of asthma that is aggravated by the cold).

And despite the fact that I’m going to have to go to work after the race (I can’t take off because it’s a pretty busy day).

But hear me out.

I learned this weekend that our city is holding its first-EVER half-marathon, which is kind of a big deal. There’s a big part of me that really wants to be a part of it, just to say I was there and participated.

I fully do not expect to equal or better my race time from Indianapolis. I’m going into this with much more relaxed expectations, to truly have fun with the experience. Of course I’ll still need to put in some good training time, which will have to be during the winter because the race is on March 28, but I’m not planning to go all out like I did before.

This is something I know I can do. I’ve done it before.

So when I paid my $50 this morning for registration, it didn’t feel like that big of a deal (but in a good way). As long as I keep the pressure off myself, I think this is going to be a good thing.

I’ll work now on coming up with some kind of modified training program to get me to race day in just more than four months.

(Wasn’t I just doing this?!)