The Wall

I think I've hit the first of many proverbial walls that I will hit during my training, this whole process, and the marathon. I'm just not sure how to get over it.

At least yesterday I still had the undying urge to run. Today, there was still an urge but only half of what it was yesterday.

Today is exactly one week since Jeff and I registered. We have raised $620 so far, which is huge, but clearly only 5% of our total, so a long way to go. I'm excited to see how we stand after tomorrow's car wash!

There is a lot going on right now and my mind is clearly very distracted. And to go from a non-runner to a marathon-er is going to have it's ups and downs....I just don't want to get to the point where I have to force myself to go for runs, I'd like to do it because I want to! This is why it's a challenge and where the discipline comes in I guess.

I won't get to go out tomorrow, what with the marathon and an 8-hour work day, but I will push myself for Sunday. I'm sure that seeing all of the support at the car wash will give me a bit of a boost again too, so it shouldn't be too hard.

On that note, wake-up time for the car wash and 16-hour day is drawing nearer so I'll cut this post short now, and make my way over to the ladder over my wall.