It took me a week to run a marathon, which is not going to be good enough for the Boston race. If I were to run the race next year I'd have to cross the stripe in under 3:30.00. Oh well, I'm not disheartened since I just pick up this passion over the past six months.
In fact, to me it's a big accomplishment to run 26 plus miles in one week. If some one would have told me a year ago that I was going to run an average of 4-5 miles a day each week, I would have been exhausted at the thought. This past Tuesday I ran a 7 miler and then on Saturday I went 6.
After I finished I asked myself if I could have gone an extra mile along the way. That is a significant shift in my thinking since this summer. Back then I was just wondering if I could run 3 miles non-stop or last 30 minutes with out dropping over. Yeah, a marathon race seems so far away until I begin to think how much my mental and physical makeup has changed in such a short time.
Before I can run a marathon, I, first, have to cultivate a marathon heart and mind. That may take awhile but I'm closer than I was when I first decided to make myself run.
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