a few years ago i started running to get in shape, get beach ready and to have sometime to myself. after a few months, i figured that i might as well run a 5k. i set my sights on our local 5k.
i finished the race in good time and panted as i talked to my family and friends that came to support. left the race thinking that it was fun, maybe i will do it again next year. so, i kept running here and there and figured that if i can run 3 miles, i'm certain i can run 6. so, there i was on race day for my first 10k.
after i completed the 10k, i decided that i should go further (as i think of it now, i feel like forrest gump. - 'when i got to the end of town, i figured i might as well run to the end of the the county...'). therefore, i picked an 18 mile race in lbi, and for a few years ran each of those races, trying to improve on time and technique. it wasn't until we said that we would take this whole running seriously when our goals starting to expand exponentially.
races became serious, training became specific. and we set our sights on becoming marathoners. the casual runner runs. runs for fun, runs for sport. but the marathoner takes running to a whole new level. you abide by certain training regiments and change the way you eat and live. our goal went from 5k to 10k to 13.1 miles to 18 miles to 26.2 miles, quickly. we crossed the finish line in philly and became marathoners. but that wasn't enough.
the more and more we trained for marathons, the more i thought about what brandon said about completing an ironman. i had spent countless hours researching training programs, diets, races, triathletes.
it was becoming crystal clear that we were focusing in on ironman.
we are less than two weeks away from ironman 70.3 in syracuse, ny. we have already decided (well, i know i have) that we are signing up for ironman lake placid in 2013, which will complete this journey, this goal. as i look back on the past year, it's amazing to me how quickly our goals would change and grow. we have pushed ourselves passed every limit, striving to find that limit. and it reminds me of Walt Disney. he wanted everyone to remember, that it 'all started with a mouse'.
our journey started with a 5k....
set your goals high and take it seriously. you might find out that you are capable of extraordinary things!
races became serious, training became specific. and we set our sights on becoming marathoners. the casual runner runs. runs for fun, runs for sport. but the marathoner takes running to a whole new level. you abide by certain training regiments and change the way you eat and live. our goal went from 5k to 10k to 13.1 miles to 18 miles to 26.2 miles, quickly. we crossed the finish line in philly and became marathoners. but that wasn't enough.
the more and more we trained for marathons, the more i thought about what brandon said about completing an ironman. i had spent countless hours researching training programs, diets, races, triathletes.
it was becoming crystal clear that we were focusing in on ironman.
we are less than two weeks away from ironman 70.3 in syracuse, ny. we have already decided (well, i know i have) that we are signing up for ironman lake placid in 2013, which will complete this journey, this goal. as i look back on the past year, it's amazing to me how quickly our goals would change and grow. we have pushed ourselves passed every limit, striving to find that limit. and it reminds me of Walt Disney. he wanted everyone to remember, that it 'all started with a mouse'.
our journey started with a 5k....
set your goals high and take it seriously. you might find out that you are capable of extraordinary things!
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