Marathon

The thought won't leave my head. Multiple times each day the thought of running a marathon next summer enters my head. I haven't been able to shake this thought. That scares me.

I am at the point in life, where if I do ever want to run a marathon, I shouldn't wait too much longer. I'm not going to naturally get in better shape, so starting with what I have now would at least help.

So I've been thinking about it a lot. Even enough to do research to see how much training is recommended for first time marathoners. I have found some resources which seem pretty safe, and reliable. Since I am not currently a consistent runner, they would stress certain levels of training before beginning their system. Achieving all the training necessary according to their site would have me training for 37 weeks.

The Twin Cities Marathon is usually the first weekend of October, which gives me well more than the 37 weeks necessary.

I used to always want to know what limits I could push my body to. Could I pass an elite teams test in the military? Do I have the will power to ignore physical pain for a while? A marathon seems likely to be the best realized test of that information.

I'm not saying right now that I'm committing to running a marathon next fall, but I am thinking about it heavily.