Hi all,
Sorry for not posting in a while, but it's funny how life throws you many curve balls.
As most of you know, I have signed up for the Ottawa Marathon on May 24th and I'm training with the Running Room Clinic and their Run Club. Little did I realize when I put pen to paper that marathon training would involve a lot of sacrifice and discipline. Thankfully, I'm on track and the marathon training has gone well. The sacrifices, unfortunately have been significant. I've had to turn down a number of gigs, my time with my children is limited, and activities that I normally participated in, have been placed on the back burner.
Now, don't get me wrong, I completely enjoy every training session. I think this is mostly due to the fact that my training has become my family's training. You see, my cousin, who is an avid marathoner, has been there since day one to run with me. Day two, I found her brother decided to come and run as well and also signed up to be a part of the marathon clinic. Not long after that, his wife has come out to run a number of long runs as well. My Saturday training days have been known as the 6km at 6am with my brother; he just signed up for Ottawa's 10k race. And it seems my dad started to head out the door and has put rubber to the road.
Although this has been a great change to my old lifestyle of juggling home and gigs with various other activities, this has been a great opportunity to grow closer to my other family members.
So, to all those who have their doubts about the training, the change in lifestyle, or even the actual 42.2km that it takes to finish, know that all the rewards are not at the actual finish line but during the quest to finish.
