Inspiration

Happy Marathon Monday, people! I love watching the Boston marathon. What a roller coaster of emotions. We cheered around mile 16 and then made our way to mile 24ish. At mile 16 most of them are cruising along, feeling strong. And then mile 24, you see their faces. They barely hear you cheering. Their strides are more haggard. We're talking deep in the pain zone. Doesn't matter if you're an elite runner or a 5 hour marathoner. It hurts all the same. (Unless you're Meb, in which case you're more of a god than a mortal man). Whenever I'm cheering for marathon runners, I always get a smidgen choked up. Add onto it the history of last year and I'm just beside myself.

I also get insanely inspired and start thinking crazy things. Things like, maybe I could do a marathon in the fall. I often think this but never have actually gone through with it. I want redemption for my NYC marathon where I bonked at mile 19 (I finished, but it wasn't pretty), but I've never been able to pull the trigger and commit to a full training plan. Maybe this is the year? I'm going to tuck my crazy thoughts away for now. We'll see.

Inspiration has struck in other ways as well. It's time to get back on the weight loss train. If I'm completely honest, I've fallen off the wagon a bit when it comes to healthy eating. Sure, I ate paleo for 30 days, but I kind of ate whatever I wanted within those guidelines (and sometimes outside of those guidelines). Between birthdays, Easter, and family/friend visits, I've become lax.

I've been avoiding the scale. I know I'm up over 150 but how bad is the damage? Regardless, I'm weighing in tomorrow to face the music and recommit.

Good news is, I'm pretty okay on the workout front. I'm still slacking on consistent planks, but I've been going to bootcamp twice a week and I'm still rocking the weights. I also ran a 10k road race last weekend with a friend and we killed it with a 9:25 pace. Yay!

My tentative goal is back under 150 by May 4. Don't know how feasible this is but I think it could be possible.

My other goal is sticking with my training plan, and keep upping my mileage without bugging my knee. TM is in 40 days and it ain't gonna run itself.

What do you think about marathons? Am I crazy? I'm crazy. It's ok, you can tell me. Talk me out of this madness! Or, on the flip side, anyone want to run one with me?