I will never do a marathon… famous last words.

Over the past 3 years of losing weight, learning to eat healthy and finding my love for running I have watched many friends tackle the scary Full Marathon. Are they crazy, not me nope!

Each time I would hear one telling me they had signed up for a marathon I would say to myself… I will never do a marathon are you kidding, 26.2 miles.

Then in 2017 while attending the Vegas Rock and Roll races I signed up at a booth to win a race. Well surprise I won an amazing package from Sketchers that included shoes, a Fitbit and entry into the 2018 LA Marathon. Somehow I started thinking hey maybe I could do this. Oh no I drank the kool aid. But as I started training I injured my knee and realized I was over my head. Very quickly I knew I was never running a full marathon.

I rooted the friends who were running, gave encouragement when needed, but it would always end with me saying to myself, nope there is no way I can ever do the 26.2 miles.

Then in 2019 I again went to cheer on my friends that were running the LA Marathon, it is amazing seeing the strength and courage of my friends. Supporting them gave me such joy and I really felt like I was part of the race. But some how or other I totally and completely got caught up in the energy during the race. OH MY GOD look how amazing they are, they just ran 26.2 miles and did not die. Yep it happened, before race day was over I had signed up for LA 2020.

Yep you heard me right I am running LA Marathon 2020. You know what is different, me. I have done things these past three years that I also said I would or could never do. This time I am serious and I don’t just want to do the marathon. This time I want to do this right, so I will follow a training plan to the T. I have so many times taken on or signed up for races and seriously did not take the training seriously. Guess what each time it showed in how I did the race, usually dying by the end.

This time is different, my test was in August when I committed to running 57 miles that month and I did! I have done some test training weeks and stuck to them. This time it feels different, I am different.

Now will be the test, preparing myself for 26.2. I know it will be hard and I know that at some time during the training I am going to want to quit. But all I have to do is think of where I started 3 and a half years ago. That moment when I stepped up to that start line of getting healthy, it was the hardest thing I ever did, and here I am.

My training starts Monday November 4th and will give me 4 months and 3 days to this start line…. this is going to be fun!