Going Public

When I got to work today, the first e-mail in my inbox was from one of my coworkers who's putting together a Race for the Cure team. The Global Race for the Cure is in DC on June 2, and I signed up! It's a 5K. I also told a few people at PEP about my goal to do the 2013 Disney marathon and the reaction was mostly, "Holy shit, that's a lot of miles." Also, the super athletic person said she did a 12K once and thought she was going to die, so I'm perhaps a little intimidated.

I also had a couple minutes of "Why am I doing this again?" I told people and posted the link to the blog on Facebook, so I've gotta follow through. I want to continue my streak of actually doing things that others only talk about. Lazier and more out of shape people than I have finished marathons. Still ... it's a little overwhelming and intimidating.

Speaking of intimidating, I talked with a friend of mine today and he's aiming to hike the last 140 miles of the Camino de Santiago in Spain early this summer! He has to train too, so we're going to be each other's accountabilibuddies. You can do it, Matt!  Woooooo!

I also decided I'm going to get myself an iPad once I get to the point where I can run/walk 5 miles in one session. I was going to do it after I could run for 30 minutes without stopping, but it looks like the way to do distance running without injury is to incorporate spurts of walking early and often.  I know I could walk 3 miles if I had to, but 5 is unlikely. It's definitely something to work towards.

I called and e-mailed my HR person to see when exactly my trusty health insurance starts, but haven't heard anything back. If I'm going to run this damn thing, I want to start training! Til then I'm planning on continuing with the hot yoga and BodyPump classes.

Does anyone have any tips/suggestions?