i want to be a marathon runner.

Don’t laugh—it’s gonna happen… one day. Although I’ve been saying this for awhile… I’m serious. I got all my running gear for Christmas: shoes, an Ipod arm holder, running shirts and pants, even specialty socks. Kylie got me a sticker for my car that says ‘just run’ on it. So I’m all set right? Except for one thing… I’ve been neglecting running for the past few months. I mean, between the cold winter and my hate of treadmills, school, homework, work, sleep, and of course a crazy social life that never ends… I haven’t had much time. But really, those are all just excuses for my laziness. So this week I’ve started to pick it up a little. Luckily, the weather was working in my favor, and I ran a few times this week. I felt like I was going to die a little. After not running for so long, being able to run even two miles at a time has been a challenge! I ran a half marathon last year. It was really hard because as well as I thought I trained, I soon realized when I was running it that I don’t think I had ever run more than 7 or 8 miles in my life. So this year, I had plans to sign up for the Utah county half marathon in June, to get myself started running again. I keep saying I’m going to run it but I haven’t signed up yet. Maybe that’s the uncommitted part of me coming out, or the realization that once I do sign up, I’m really going to have to train hard this time so I won’t look dumb again… so I’ve been putting it off. Today I was running in draper, and I loved it. I love my route I take, and the familiarity of it all as I’m going through all the places I ran everyday last summer. Running really is the best kind of therapy for me when I’m not in a very good mood. Something about it just makes me feel so much better, and I realized how much I have missed that! So even though I couldn’t go very far, couldn’t breathe, and was going slow, I am finally running again. So a piece of advice for all you runners out there (mainly advice for myself): if you ever run a half marathon, TRAIN. If you ever in shape for it, DON’T STOP. Because once you do, you’re going to have to train ALL OVER AGAIN for the next race. It is possible, that’s just the harder way. So here I go, for now, just running for fun and exercise, but one day, to run a full marathon. I hate saying ‘one day’ because it’s so vague, but let’s be honest, I’m going to have to take this thing slow and be realistic about when I will run one. But I will eventually.