So, we have an update. Neither of us ran the Chicago Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon. Due to intermittent training and a crazy schedule, August 1st came and went without us running. Well, I ran in my soccer game, but that doesn't count.

Never fear, though, the blog and training continues. As we speak, we are planning out our schedules for two, that's right, two half marathons in October. The Prarie State Half Marathon on October 9 and The Run for the Hills Half Marathon on October 23 will be two consecutive halfies we'll conquer.

Personal Achievements

So I don't really run. Well, I can sprint my ass off but I can't run long distance-I have no endurance. i stop all the time to catch my breath. This is what I am working on. I think that yeah, I could run 13.1 miles without a problem, but I would stop too much. And what I want to do is to not stop. I don't want to stop. Or at least, I want to stop less than I think I would.

I ran a distance today in which I ran part of my same route that I've been running without stopping. This is a huge accomplishment for me and I'm very excited about it. I don't care that the other people I'm running with are better runners than I am-at this moment, I'm slowly chipping away at my own personal achievements, and I think that's better than anything anyway.

So. I'm winning.

Wouldn't Believe it

If you had told me three years ago that I would one day be preparing to run a half-marathon, I wouldn't have believed you and laughed in your face. Hell, if you told me three weeks ago that same thing, I probably would have laughed harder in your face than three years ago. But here I am; here we are, the lot of us, running a half-marathon in August. To say that we were all, perhaps, peer pressured into running would be half true. Half in that, we heard that some friends were running, thought "Well, that's pretty insane," but then thought more about it. Thought more about the idea of accomplishing a goal, the idea of practicing, the idea of the routine of running. And then we decided.

Yes.

It's pretty simple saying yes. It's pretty simple to fill in information on a website, give over your credit card number and sign up for something. These are the simple things in life.

What isn't simple is the actual doing, the actual process of changing your body to become a successful machine that can run 13.1 miles without a doubt, without any type of fear. And that's what this blog is about: the process and the progress that will be occurring, leading up to the big day: August 1st, 2010. So here we are. Becoming less simple.