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October 29th, 2006 @ 10:48 pm | miscellany | Post a Comment

Despite quite a few of your fabulous costume ideas, I ended up not dressing up at all for Halloween. Andrew had to work late last night, and I just don’t love Halloween enough to dress up and go out alone, ya know? From now until next Tuesday (election day — you peeps better be voting!) I will probably be spending most nights alone. (See, that was my way of deflecting guilt over not following through on my costume contest and instead making you feel sorry for me because waaaa waaaa I am lonely. Did it work?)

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This morning I jogged over to watch part of the Marine Corps Marathon. I’ve run in a couple of 5Ks and 10Ks before, but I’ve never even watched a marathon before. I dunno if it was because I was watching around Mile 7 or so, so people were still looking, well, alive as I watched them jog by, but I was totally and unexpectedly floored by how emotional I felt about it. I mean here were these people, thousands of them, many of them older than me, some fatter than me, and some even with (gasp! who thought it was possible?) worse posture than me, and they were running a freaking marathon. I have thought to myself a million times how I could never, ever run one; I’m just not that kind of a person.

But honestly, there was so much energy among the runners and in the crowd, it was really inspiring. I’m not making any promises or anything, but if I still live in Washington next year I might possibly toy with the idea of training for it. Although I’m pretty sure that I’ll come to my senses before then and decide it’s too crazy after all.

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  1. You should go for it, Janet!

    I was in a fun run/walk yesterday and even though I didn’t run it — just seeing the different sorts of people who can do it, it’s really amazing.

    Not crazy.

    And if you’re really up for a challenge, do it with your sexy red shoes on! ;)

    written by alyndabear

    October 30th, 2006 @ 1:57 am

  2. I was once inspired to run a marathon too! I went to cheer on a friend at about mile 20, and then at the finish line. I was very inspired and energetic that morning. But literally, by the next week I was back to feeling like “that is something I NEVER want to do.” Hehehe!

    written by Alison

    October 30th, 2006 @ 11:47 am

  3. I took part in a marathon relay. But there were people running the full marathon. We went to the end to watch the last person in our relay cross the line, and watching all the people hobble across the finish line made me decide that I will NEVER do one! Lots of the people looked fine, but I feel like I would be one of the tortured souls who could barely make it across the finish before collapsing…

    written by Jane

    October 30th, 2006 @ 12:12 pm

  4. You could do a marathon. If you can run 7 miles, you can run a marathon… it’s all mental. And if you can motivate yourself to get up early in the morning and go running… you could finish the marathon. My friend (who has done many a marathon) swears by a run for 15 min, walk for 1 min system, which she says takes all the edge off of running such a long distance. (It’s the training that is horrible… it takes up ALL your time.)

    If you do decide to do the DC marathon, I will totally come and cheer you on!!

    written by Jennifer

    October 30th, 2006 @ 12:17 pm

  5. My goal is MCM 2008 – You can do it! I am hoarse from yelling too much yesterday (my roomie ran) and I definitely cried a few times. It is VERY emotional, and also crazy. But crazy is fun…

    written by Gwen

    October 30th, 2006 @ 3:30 pm

  6. That’s SO funny you should say that…I just told Jason the other day that I thought it would be so rewarding to run a marathon.

    Then I remember that I HATE running.

    written by Jenni

    October 30th, 2006 @ 5:00 pm

  7. DO it DO it!

    I’m not sure why I’m being so encouraging. Training for this marathon has been pretty hateful. Maybe I just want you to share my pain ?

    written by Laurel

    October 30th, 2006 @ 6:01 pm

  8. Hey Janet! I’ve always had that dream too and I’ve always said…I’m not a runner like that. I’m a really slow runner as it is and a marathon!!!, I’m just not that kind of person. My goal is actually to run a 5K which is only a little over 3 miles. I figure if I do that it will be an accomplishment. Maybe you could start with something small like that and see how you do and then maybe next year if you are up for it, do the marathon!!

    written by Lindsey

    October 30th, 2006 @ 8:38 pm

  9. You should do it. If you do, I’ll drag my lard ass out to a 5K next year. Maybe.

    written by CPA Mom

    November 2nd, 2006 @ 9:03 am