Keeping with it

I read somewhere yesterday that 65% of people who start training for a marathon drop out after the first 4 weeks. Well, I'm not training for a full marathon... just a half, but this has happened to me for the last two years. This year, it's not going to happen - you know why? Because I'm already signed up! Haha. And the best part is that my boyfriend paid my registration fee - so I really can't bail because there would be all that guilt of wasting his money....

I think it's a lot easier to stick with the program once you're already signed up. I was hesitant about signing up at first - because that made it real. My bf convinced me though... we had a nice chat about motivation and how we would train together (even thought it's a long distance relationship lol). And our chat ended with his credit card number being entered on the ottawa marathon website!

Now it's a serious commitment for me and I'm happy about that. No flaking. This is going to be part of who I am in the next few months. I will become a runner... I've always been super athletic. I'm a strong, determined person, but I've never been "a runner". I hope to regain my athleticism in the next few weeks...

So far, I've kept a calendar on my wall and it's filled in with my training plan. Everday when I've followed my plan I get a big green check mark. Right now my calendar is allllll green check marks. Today might be the first X. I have an exam early tomorrow and I need to study, so I'm swapping my rest day with today's workout. oh well. That's better that skipping out all together!

Gotta study... can't wait til this is over :)