Marathon?

i just have to say....
i do not know if i DESIRE to do a marathon.
it looked so painful and not fun
boring even

i know that's awful to say...
prolly raises heckles on backs of necks...

i would like to say, WHAT A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT! it is! and i admire those...i just don't know if i ASPIRE to do that.

what about training for a couple a year? the sweet chicks in my circle of friends who have been doing this of late are running them all the time! i mean they just ran portland not a month ago. today the welch's. qualified for the Boston...what's that? in february? good grief.

i thought it extremely fun to do a TEAM event! such support and encouragement! it was unnerving. i mean, waiting for your teammate to come and pass the "baton" was super nervewracking. i dunno why, but we ALL felt it!

H is trying to get a team for the Rainier to the Pacific. ... not familiar w/ it but i did one time take part in the "hood to coast" and that was an experience i'd RATHER NOT remember. but could i, at this later, more experienced, more diligent, more focused time in life...could i partake in this??? what about all the factors ... like at the last minute people are ill or hurt, or PREGNANT??? what if i signed up for 4 legs of 4-6 miles (you run it in a 24 hour period) and someone bagged out and i got stuck running MORE!!!!!??? ugh! and CAN i run thru the nite? grabbing 2 hours of sleep here and there IN A VAN???? double, triple ugh! i like my BED!

if you EVEN say, "oh you can do anything for one nite," well, das is reichtig! (this is true?) i COULD possibly, under duress, sleep in a van for 2 hour stints. but RUN TOO? this just might prove too much.

but WHAT an accomplishment! think of the memories. you know, well, you don't know, but i'm not much of a girlie girl. ask me to have a girl's weekend out...and my mind envisions shopping, lattes, trying on clothes, talking about BOYS (husbands, whatever).............yuk! i cannot imagine doing that! yuk. i hate shopping ... i abhor the idea of just sitting around talking w/ a bunch of women. SORRY! usu. it's not as bad as i think it will be. but in the past, all that sort of thing ends up being is husband-bashing. BUT wait! change the scenario! female bonding in a sport! now that is better. testing our limits, getting a physical workout, talking about muscles, times, oh and we can throw in kids and school and husbands (as long as it's PRAISING our hubbies!) etc...but no shopping. and sure we can have coffee...but no fru-frus! =) how does that sound?

well, so, here lies my dilemma. H really wants to get a team together. while i'd like to say SURE i'll go for it, i'm a tad hesitant. esp.in light of my recent knee travails. we shall see. i think it's next summer.

but, btw, what DOESN'T H. want to do?? bless her sweet soul! she is like the all-time motivator. she has more energy than 3 energizer bunnies. love you, H! you inspire me. dunno if i can do everything she does...but i promise you, if you are ever in her presence, she will HAVE YOU BELIEVING you can do mighty things!

just some thoughts!
kt