Marathons

Thinking about marathons quite a bit the past few days. While in New York, I got to hear Amanda talk about her NYC marathon experience from the week prior. It boggles my mind that people run 26.2 miles all at one time. I can only imagine the amount of training they go through. Then on top of that, the pain one experiences during the actual race. Amanda said she couldn't even get out of bed the next day! It scares me and yet it's gripping at the same time. I'm not saying I want to run a marathon but the idea of being able to does interest me.

I've been feeling the need to set goals in my life. With the acceptance to grad school I have reached one very large goal. Now I'm thinking about setting a smaller, physical goal. It will be about achievement. Something to work towards. Something that will motivate me to push my body and stretch my limits. I'm not sure what this is going to be. Though I'm quite sure that at this point, it is not running a whole marathon.

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