Run like a Girl

I'm in! I found out a couple of weeks ago that my name was drawn in the Nike Women's Marathon lottery and I'm in. Game on, so I will be running 26.2 miles again in San Francisco on October 19.

When I found out the news, I was both excited and wanted to vomit at the same time. The thought of running a marathon kind of frightens me a bit, especially because I now know what to expect after running my first marathon last February. This time though I want to run a better and faster marathon and I will run a 5:30 marathon or less. (I want to beat Katie Holmes' NY time from last year for sure!)

I started training this past week and Carlo joined me for my first "long" run of my training program this afternoon. I have not done very well training for our last two half marathons in February and March, so I definitely have to commit myself to succeeding and putting in the miles and hours. I'm looking forward to a great run in October and having this training hopefully make me have a smoking time for the San Francisco half in August and then perhaps a smoking (or at least better) body for our wedding 5 days later.

To help me get in the mood for marathon training today in addition to reading all about the London Marathon this morning, Carlo and I went to see Run Fat Boy Run. It was a fun movie and had a great message that running a marathon--as well as much of life--requires determination, passion, and a refusal to give up. I thought I did an okay job at hiding my tears at the end, but Carlo totally called me on it. Hopefully I can recall some of the funny moments in the movie on race day in October to help me along.