1/2 Marathon
Yesterday I ran my first half marathon. I started running in February when I'd just begun to emerge from the cloud of sleeplessness that was the previous 10 months of caring for three children under 3 (2 of which didn't care to sleep very much.) I did it because I needed a goal, one that was hard, but reachable. I did it because I'd given birth to 15 pounds of babies and I was pretty sure that was harder than running 13.1 miles. I did it because a friend was training too and she ran 3 days a week at 5:45 in the morning. At that point in my life I was up anyway and running seemed a lot easier than taking care of two screaming boys. Marco knew how important it was for me to do something that had nothing to do with our children or my work or him. And so he endured many early mornings on his own. In the begining I couldn't run much longer than 5 minutes without stopping to walk. My goal for the half marathon was to finish it without walking and to get as close to a 10 minute mile as possible. My final time was 2 hours 18 minutes, which comes out to a 10:33 mile. All I can think of now is beating that time in the San Francisco marathon in July. Who's with me?
I'm totally with you. I ran the nike women's half marathon last year and missed it for medical reasons this year. I was cheering everyone on though... I was so jealous! You are totally going to get addicted to it.
Posted by: robyn | October 24, 2006 at 04:32 PM
I tried commenting last night from my Mac, and was denied because I couldn't see the visual code confirmation thingy.
Anyway... Congratulations on running the 1/2 marathon! That's excellent.
Takes away all my excuses as I don't have three small children to take care of.
Curious, though... I know you have professed to be a Mac girl in the past. Do you run with a Nano and have the cool Nike shoes with the attachment that enables you to track your runs? I saw it demo'd at my local Apple store recently and can't wait to buy the shoes.
Posted by: wRitErsbLock | October 25, 2006 at 05:43 AM
Woot! Way to go Megan :)
Posted by: CoolB | October 25, 2006 at 04:20 PM
That is great, M. congradulations! I am with you with the no sleep b/c of twins thing. Mine are 17 months and teething and can't go a single night without getting into mommy's bed. UGGHHH!
You are my inspiration for the "do something for yourself" bit. Running? I'll look into it!
LOL
Mai
Posted by: Mai | October 27, 2006 at 07:07 AM
I love this. I'm pregnant with no. 2 (In the throws of the puking first trimester) and looking down the road of no sleep and two kids and wondering if I'll ever get my body back. And I miss running so horribly much. But to get up, get a goal finished and know you did it just for you? Totally inspiring. Totally.
Posted by: Mrs. Flinger | November 05, 2006 at 08:01 PM