Week 2

"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'"

- Peter Maher, Irish-Canadian Olympian and Sub-2:12 marathoner

That's a darn good question. Today the Schedule said: "Run/Walk 20 minutes." Having more faith in myself than I should, I thought I could run the full 20. I mean, how hard can it be? Pretty hard, it turns out. I got about halfway through the GLEE Cast's rendition of "Gold Digger" and I was DYING. So I had to walk some. But that's okay, right? As long as I am up and moving? Problem is, now I really would like to be a wimp for the rest of the week. But in this one thing, at the very least, I am determined to be persistent. That is one of the things I am hoping to learn through this process. Persistence.

The other day I was reading someone's blog, and their resolution was to run a 5K. I thought to myself, 'Kati-' I said. 'Why a marathon? Couldn't you have said a 5K? Or how 'bout a mile, huh? Let's start with a mile.' But I SAID i was running a marathon by the end of the year, and I'll be darned if I don't do it. Me and New Directions are going to get this done!