Half-Marathon

   I was toying with the idea of trying a half-marathon in the next few years - after I got pregnant and had my second baby.  When I mentioned it to my friend Dana, she said, "I find it best to just plan for things.  Just sign up for the race and the worst that can happen is you lose your registration fee if you find out you're pregnant.   I couldn't argue with the logic in that, so I did.  I would have been way more bothered if I didn't sign up for it and then didn't get pregnant.  So now my only issue is - if I don't get pregnant I have to run 13.1 miles. 

  

   How hard can it be to get up to 13.1 miles by May 6th, 2012?  I have no idea.  I ran for a few months last year and went from zero to five miles.  I thought that was pretty good.  Granted, the 5 miles were only reached twice and one of those times were on flat land.  It was really hard when the run was during a race that had hills and 80 degree heat. 

   Then I just took the last year off of running to heal my lower back problems.  The pain has been greatly alleviated and I can now work out without being in pain for days afterwards - even though it's not 100%.  I'm not sure if it ever will be. 

  I just resumed running over the last 3 weeks.  Very slowly at first, so I could ease into it without injury.  I ran 3 miles today - slower than I did last year, but I did it.  I'm surprised - muscle memory is amazing.   My right knee is aching a little though - so I have to increase my mileage very gradually.

  I guess the worst that can happen is that I end up walking a lot of the race and finishing last - I'd really prefer to run the whole time, but I don't know if I can do that within 3.5 months.  Dana said it's more about the mind than the body.  Really?  Is that true?  Well, 13.1 miles seems like a HUGE feat for me.  I've never been overly athletic - I'd say I've always been decently fit. 

   Another thing is I may...just may find out that I'm pregnant in 2 weeks.  For the first time in 7 months - I actually hope I'm not.