Hello my Snailtastic followers,
If I have any that is!! Maybe I just read my own blog- who knows.
This year marks 2 half marathons, and God knows how many miles I've ran over the 12 month period of 2015!
So university is out for Christmas break, I'm working a puny 20 hours or there abouts a week at Coventry Food court till January. I'm sitting here thinking (procrastinating from my January History exam revision)...
Holy crap! The Coventry Half is only weeks away. I seriously need to get my arse in gear, if I'm wanting a 2:23-2:20 sub time. Finger Crossed.
Anyhoo, back to the post title. Since November I have joined, obviously my hometown Half i.e Coventry. As well as Warwick Half due to it being a British Heart Foundation event and the Silverstone Half, just cuz for the upcoming 2016!
I did have this idea whereby, I'd complete a half marathon a month, in memory of my Nan and her partner, John, who sadly left this earth in October of this year- another devastating family blow. But with this thought, I starting to contemplate the next distance in hand- a full MARATHON. Am I being too apprehensive? I thought yes. The marathons nearest me in the West Midlands were all this side of the New Year. I mean, even I know I couldn't physically meet the demands and distance of a marathon in 3-5 months from now, I doubt I'd be able to fully commit myself. Again, I was searching, a marathon would be one of the most challenging things I'd probably ever do in my life to date. I suppose I could travel anywhere in the country and class it as a weekend away for me and my fiancé, or if in doubt the Vickster.
I was looking ideally for a late September 2016 or even October.... Then I think ooooo, but what about the Birmingham Half, which I really want to do again. I didn’t want to have an overloaded October, but then again, its my 21st next September, I have no clue if I'm going to Rhodes again around this time... Aghhh. But then, I pulled my finger out and was torn between the Wolverhampton Marathon in September sometime, Chester or Bournemouth in October. With this, I started comparing the routes and inclines, as well as the descriptions... Ching... Chester somehow won me over. It totally wasn't because of being a supposed 'flat, fast' course. Or because people voted it as the UK's best marathon or summit, summit! Or because it was a couple quid cheaper ;). So I left it there for a couple of days. Asking for people's opinion as to whether they believed I could, in fact run a marathon.
The comments ranged from:
"Yes, but it involves a lot of training, you cant just wing it, Coley!" (Mother)
"Hmmm, that's a fairly long distance" (Stepdad)
"Are you crazy!" (Best friend)
"She (Nan) would be so proud of you" (Stepdad)
"Yeah, Chester has good designer shopping. I'll do that while you run 26.2 Miles!" (Dad)
...To...
My personal favourite:
"You can do anything if you put your mind to it and if you really, truly want to achieve something you will. I believe in you Coley. You'll do it" (Fiancé) <3 I truly love this man!
With the positives outweighing the negatives... Here it comes... A click, click there, debit card details there and Boombastic, fanny's your aunt and Bobs your uncle. I did it- I signed up for my first ever full MARATHON!
My current thoughts are as follows:
"What the absolute F@ck have you just done? 26.2 miles you can barely run 13.1 without wanting to keel over in a hole and die of exhaustion! O, Dear God above" (Brain)
Start praying for me guys!
