Today, I am thankful for my health. Today, I will run my first marathon. The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon. 26.2 freakin miles.
As I sit here at 6:15am, my mind races over all I have accomplished over the past 4 months to prepare for this day. Without my health, I would not be here anxiously awaiting the start of this race. I have a slew of emotions...excitement, fear, worry, even sadness. I know in roughly 6.5 hours, this will all be over and some of these emotions will go away and some will remain. Oh, I will still be excited and proud to have accomplished such a thing. But, you can only do one FIRST marathon. I have had a blast with two great ladies, Martha and Meagan, and I know we will continue to run together. Maybe even run another marathon together. However, there is still a tinge of sadness that this marathon will be over. I am so happy to have trained these past 4 months with both of them. Both are great runners and even better friends. Through everything, we all have remained positive and helped each other get to this day.
Now it is time to get ready and put on my game face. I wish the best of luck to my friends as well as everyone else running today! It's going to be a beautiful day...high of 60 and mostly sunny. I couldn't ask for a more perfect day! It's a big day regardless of how many marathons you have ran!
"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you 'Are you going to be a wimp, or are you going to be strong today?" - Peter Maher, Irish-Canadian Olympian and sub 2:12 marathoner.
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