Alright… it’s official.  I registered today for the Columbus 1/2 Marathon this Saturday.  This is my first for-real running race ever. 

I’ve put it off as a last minute decision because I have been trying to decide whether or not I thought I could actually do it.  The most I’ve run to date is 6 miles at once (Maybe 7 miles if you count a run in Cabo, but that was up in the mountains and took almost 2 hours).  A half marathon is 13.1 miles.  More than double what I have ever run. 

I’ve been running 6 miles the last few weeks, but I injured my foot 2 Saturdays ago and that knocked me out of any training for a week and a half.  I wanted to get a 10 mile run in last Saturday, but I had to give my foot some more time to heal.  I played basketball on Monday and it felt decent so I decided to go for a run yesterday and my foot held up real good.  So…. I think I’ll go for it.

What are my goals?

1.  Just to finish.
2.  Keep running the whole time.  No walking.

If I can do that, I’ll be happy.  I don’t have any time goals, but I’ve been running 6 miles at an 8:30 per mile pace.  I know I’ll have to slow that up for 13.  More like 9 to 10 minute miles.  9 minute miles has me finishing under 2 hours.  10 mile minutes are 2 hours and 11 minutes. 

I’ll give you some updates as we get closer and hopefully some pics too.

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