Day 316

I've just agreed to complete a marathon!

It was totally spur of the moment. I saw that two people who are super awesome and who I totally admire are putting together a group to run the Seattle Rock N Roll marathon in 2015 and I thought, "I should totally do that!"

So I said that I would.

Without any research or real prior thought, without ever doing it before, without even being a person who runs or walks long distances on a regular basis, I said that I would complete a whole marathon.

I'm a woman of my word, so I'm going to do it. I'm actually really excited about it! But I'm also a little bit terrified.

Today, on day 316 of my first one-year journey toward health, I've agreed to do something that I never in a million lifetimes would have done if I had given it two seconds of thought or research. I have one year to train, and then I'll complete the marathon.

I'm still a little bit dazed that I even agreed to it, to be honest! But I'm going to do it to keep my word, to get closer to these awesome people I really admire, and for one really huge important reason that I didn't even realize I had. The real reason I agreed to do this in such a split second, is that it's something I never thought I could ever do. Not in a million years. I used to look at pictures of people who had successfully completed these marathons and how happy they were, and I used to think "they must feel so accomplished!" Then I would think how I could never do that. I had plenty of reasons. Good reasons. False reasons. The reality was that I never thought  could do it because I never thought I would be healthy enough for my body to actually handle something like that.

Now, things are different. Now, I have hope. Now, I've already gotten 80 pounds healthier this year! Now I know that by this time next year, I can be ready.

It's going to be difficult, training for this is probably going to require a lot more from me than other things I've tried to do (if my preliminary research is any indication), but it's going to be so much fun!

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