I'm crazy. If you know me, or even if you've just read my blog, you know that already. I mean, just by virtue of the fact that I've run 7 marathons, and done a bunch of triathlons including an Ironman, you can pick up on that. I like to call it a "special kind of crazy."
What you might not know is that last October, while on a dream trip to St. Lucia, I was on the massage table when I decided - suddenly - that I needed to sign up for Shamrock and get another marathon under my belt.
I trained. It was going great! And then stuff happened. Some health stuff. Weather stuff. A bunch of other excuses cropped up. You know - poor me, I'm going to be away in Vegas and Hawaii and I don't want to run 24 miles while I'm on my honeymoon. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
I decided that I would just do the Shamrock half instead. Good plan. Right?
Yeah, I thought so. That whole thing about the race being full and my need to run it "illegally" was only a small issue.
So this morning as I was getting ready for work and making a mental packing list for this weekend's quick trip my crazy brain took over. They say your body remembers the distance. So, what if I just go out there and run the marathon?
Am I crazy? Well, yeah.
My last long run was 21 miles on January 1st. Since then I've run at least 3-4 days/week, and my long runs have been 6-12 miles. Honestly, most of them have been closer to 6.
I am really undecided. My main reason for switching to the half is mainly obsolete right now, since I don't think that running a marathon on Sunday will have an impact on surgery in two weeks.
Yes, I'll be disappointed if I don't run it close to my usual time (4:30-4:45), but if I can get past that, it would be pretty cool to earn another (marathon) medal.
What do you think? Go for it or play it safe?
1 comment:
Do it. If you're healthy, you'll be fine. It will hurt, and really suck at times but you will finish. Remind me to tell you about my first marathon sometime!
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