The drive.

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I am a bit afraid to type this tonight. Simply because if I do it will be recorded in the world wide web. Forever someone will be able to pull it up and judge me. They will be able to take what I said and compare it to what I did. That's scary. That's permanent. That's real. I think however I need to say this, I need to type it out. I'm a kind of person who needs to be held accountable, I need encouragement, I need support and I need to do this.

Tentatively I am planning. . . ah this is hard. . . Iamplanningonrunningahalfmarathon.

I am planning on running a half marathon.

There I said it, I typed it for the whole world to read and judge.

To the world I say: Judge away.
To my friends I say: Help!

How it happened:
Brittany came early to camp to help in the office and we were talking about going running together and after talking to another old camp staffer who is running a half marathon the first of May, Brittany and I talked about how it would be cool if we could run a race, we joked about making our own Wawona race. Then later that evening she found a half marathon in Fresno the end of May. Soooo, it's now or never.

I've got a great running partner.
I've got the time. (hopefully, outdoor school might be my downfall. Which is why I still say tentatively.)
I've got the drive (sorta, Brittany has to help me along a bit)

Tonight was the first time I jogged 2 miles. Jogged, not wogged. I jogged 2 miles without stopping! Wow, perhaps I can go 13.1 miles by the end of May. . . if you do anything with that statement please let it be an encouragement to me. I need all the help and tips I can get.

Sooooooooooo,

Here goes!

Comments

Experience: part of a balanced life said…
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March 15, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Elisa said…
Oh Sonya! I understand. When I first talked about running a half marathon I whispered because it made it more secret and less real. Like I would not be held as accountable. You can totally do it! Having a running partner makes a big difference. I have generally avoided running since my half but I now believe running is possible.
March 16, 2011 at 1:45 AM
Nicholas said…
You can do it. You can do anything. I'm going to bike ~200 miles from Dallas to Austin in about a month.
March 16, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Anthony said…
You have already done it in your mind.
March 16, 2011 at 4:34 PM
kessia reyne said…
You can wear red and green every day for 25 days, so you can DEFINITELY run 13 miles.

You've got fortitude, chica. And this will just prove it once again.
March 16, 2011 at 7:41 PM
Andrea said…
Haha..I like Kessia's comment. :) I hope you wear something crazy on your half-marathon so people will take pictures of you and put them on the website and then I can see them. And if it doesn't work out, hey, you can always delete this blog. :)
March 16, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Brittany Lynn said…
Yay! So here's to me starting a blog.. and to you and I training for the half marathon! So proud! We are going to do this... No "if" or "maybe." Positive, affirming attitudes here. Nothing less.

:D
March 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM
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