Marathon.

I want to talk more about running a marathon.

I have talked about it and thought about it a lot.

Basically all I have said is that I want to run a marathon by the time I am 21.

I was thinking "I'll start training this summer". But no, its already started--- which is a good thing.

Heres some advice: If you have a goal you want to achieve, start NOW. Don't think "I will start tomorrow. Or the beginning of the month". Why? Because you obviously don't want it that bad. Yes, I understand it might be cooler to say "I started May 1st!" Well whats so different about may 1st and today? Not much. So just start now. I have NEVER completed a goal that had a significant date to remember. I remember thinking when I did my "life cleanse" (which I talked about in my other blog a while ago) that I was trying to set a date, but it just wasn't working. So then I just sort of started sometime in the beginning of November.

Anyways. A Marathon is 26.2 miles. The most amount of miles I have run consecutively is slightly over 4 miles. Yikes.

But I am training! As I said. I was thinking I will increase my endurance by .4 miles each time, but that is fine, right? Yeah, sure. But I get so bored.

If I am not getting tired of running, I am certainly getting bored. I need to run more outside. The other day I went for a jog and I was like OMG I CAN JOG!

But there are 3 things I know I need to do.

1) Increase my endurance. Its obvious that I need to be able to run longer.

2) Increase my speed. At the speed I am going, I will finish the marathon in like 7hours. Yeah. Thats not good. I should be finishing it in 4 hours. But its not that I am running slow, its just that sometimes I will take a break or walk for 30 seconds so it throws off my timing and shit.

3) Run outside.

The other day when I went for a jog, I decided to sprint for a moment, just to do it, because I haven't in sooo long. I was like OMFG HOW FUCKING FAST AM I GOING?I couldn't keep it up for too long, but I ran from Haig to the end of this one street that leads to mine. I didn't time it or anything. But I was just like Who knew I could run this fast?

Before I am done high school I want to run a 10k or 5k. Theres one in... Trenton? Picton? I forget. But its like this weekend, or soon, or happened already. I might do the one next year. Didn't I say I wanted to run 8km straight by the end of the summer? I think I will accomplish this.

Its just going so slow. Once I start getting super serious I want to get some form of trainer or someone to analyze my running to tell me what I can do better. But that won't be for years. Should be now, but I am just getting used to things.

When I first started running I could barely run for over 4 minutes in a row. Now I can run for about 40 minutes, with maybe 3 really quick 10 second stops just for water or to stretch my back or legs.

I think tomorrow since I have work until 5 (the gym closes at like 6 or something on Saturday) I will go for a run. I need a timer. or a fancy watch or something. I used to have this app on my old phone that was PERFECT. It had a GPS, told you your time, speed, average speed, etc. It was awesome. But I no longer have my old phone (obvi).

So... yeah.

Next goal: Run 4.5 Miles without stopping (besides my 10 second stretching/water etcs).