La Jolla Half Marathon
April 28, 2010
This past Saturday was the 29th Annual La Jolla Half Marathon. I did not run it, but I knew a few people who did. The thought of training to run a marathon has passed through my mind before, but I have never really given it a whole lot of real consideration until more recently. With intense and proper training, I have no doubt in my ability to be able to accomplish such a feat, but as hectic as my schedule has been the past couple of years with school, and work, and internships, etc., I think I have just known that I would not be able to commit to a consistent training schedule to prepare for such an event. With graduation fast approaching in May, I’m a little scared to see where my next steps in life will take me, but I’m also really excited to have some extra free time to get to take on things that I’ve always wanted to do—like training to run a marathon. Obviously, I wouldn’t just shoot straight for running an entire 26 mile marathon; I’d start by running a 5K, then progressively train to be able to do a half, and eventually (hopefully) I will one day be able to cross “Running a whole Marathon” off of my “Things to Do Before I Die” list. A 5K shouldn’t be too much of a struggle for me, because I’ve ran short distances since high school and don’t have much of a problem completing 3-5 mile runs, but if all goes well, this summer I can start working towards training for a half marathon in hopes of one day being able to complete a whole one!
