I figured I’d get to around the 15 mile mark and my legs would totally give out. So this past Sunday I woke up at 5am to head over to Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon and prepared for what was surely going to be the most spectacular failure of my life. I even changed my bucket list last week from “Run a Marathon” to “Finish a Marathon” – finishing was good enough for me, and was still something I wasn’t sure I’d be able to do.įinishing the last 200m of my one and only marathon in 2011. I finally decided a few weeks before that I’d give it a shot (after all, I’d already paid for it), except I was just going to walk it. Every once in awhile I’d go for a 3 mile run, but certainly wasn’t doing any kind of training. The date of May 1st (marathon day) was always looming out there, but I didn’t think much about it. I think I did one 8 mile run (the longest of my life) before bailing. Training lasted for about 2 weeks before minor injuries and travel got in the way and I just never got back into it. This was going to be my chance to change all of that. I’ve written in the past about how I’m great at starting things, but awful at finishing them. On New Years Day this year, I foolishly signed up for the Eugene Marathon, thinking I’d be able to stick to a rigorous training schedule and actually finish a marathon. Run a Marathon (apparently not impossible).Fly in a Virgin Galactic Space Flight (most likely actually impossible).Of all the things on my bucket list, there were two that I felt were going to be close to impossible: It also was great know I wasn’t the only one going through hell! I’ve also gotta give a BIG thank you to Poul Stefansen, because without him initially signing up I never would have done it. See the end of the post for the video of my marathon experience.
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