I am still in a state of disbelief that in 81 days I will walk 26.2 miles. That is a friggin' long way and 81 days is right around the corner! I bounce all over from being confident to terrified to giddy.
The thought that I will no longer be on the sidelines and will be one of THOSE people in the middle of the street on November 4th is wild. For about 30 years, I have been one of the audience watching, cheering and imagining what it takes to participate for about 30 minutes then going on with my life and forgetting about the marathon for another 364 days. Somehow when I thought of it in the past I only thought of it as being that day. I didn't realize that race day is really the culmination of a series of days, weeks and months leading up to the big moment. I suppose it would be trite to compare it to pregnancy and giving birth, but it is the closest thing I can think of to compare it to.
There are times when I just think of myself as a marathoner. Today, at the podiatrist I introduced myself and said, "I am here because I am doing the marathon on November 4th and ..." There was no ambivalence on my part.
Then, an hour later I walked into a clinic given by NYRR and the speaker, Mindy Solkin, kept saying things about how as marathoners and people at our level, we needed to do X, Y or Z. The entire time I felt like she was talking to the other 200+ people in the room not me. I had to keep reminding myself that I was not there as an observer. I am one of them/us/the marathoners. Unreal.
I will chronicle my training here and someday may even show people this blog, we shall see
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Congrats on your first post! And yes, you have entered the world of "endurance" now, embrace it! I am very proud of you cuz!
Love ya
Jamie
Thanks Jamie. You are one of my main inspirations. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that you were thinking of doing Cow Harbor for the first time.
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