Am I crazy?

Guess what I did this weekend?

On Sunday I headed to the nearby Fleet Feet store and I signed up for Half Marathon training! I was originally going to wait to see if I got pregnant this month, but the store has a policy if you drop out within the first 14 days of the start of training, the cost of the program is refunded (minus $20). I also figured that the odds were against us getting pregnant this month anyway, so I might as well sign up when I had time.

My program starts March 19th where I we will meet the coaches and run 4 miles. I am just on the cusp of not being fast enough (you have to be able to run 4 miles in 44 minutes), so I am definitely going to be in the slowest group. I have a 5K the next day, but decided that it would be silly to miss the first day of training. The 5K is really for my hair stylist anyway- it’s her first one and she is slower than me so if I’m a little sore/tired then it will be okay. I was hoping to see if I could PR, but oh well.

Every week we will add a mile onto our training run. I will have to miss the April 2nd training run, but that’s so I can participate in my Quarter Marathon race!

I have two major fears. One, that my heels and/or some other body part are going to prevent me from either finishing training or running the race. There is nothing much I can do about that other than ice, stretch and hope it doesn’t happen. Two, it means that I have to get up REALLY early on Saturday mornings. In the beginning the trainings will start at 8am, but when it gets hotter they will start at 7am. Yikes. I am going to have to start getting up earlier during the week so that I am not a zombie when trying to run!!

While at the store I also picked up Body Glide, a product that reduces chafing when running. While my chafing across my ribs wasn’t as bad after my 7 mile run on Saturday than last week, I figured I would pick it up as a preventative measure. Especially because I will start to run longer distances….and soon.

Hold me.