This is it. This is real. Today is
the first day of marathon training.
It feels weird to
even type it out. I am not a runner. I am a jogger that likes to enter races
for the bragging rights and free swag. Now I have officially started training
for 26.2 miles.
People have asked me how I’m going to do it, and the answer
is not easy, but it’s simple. I will put one foot in front of the other, and
any time the pain feels like too much, I will think of Justin. It is the same
way I trained for the Disney Princess Half Marathon. No matter how much I hurt,
I know he suffered so much more, and for a lot longer. Justin keeps things in
perspective.
So how does day one start? With a rest day.
Anticlimactic, right? I thought so. Instead, I’m using the day
to really think about Justin and the other children that are in the fight for
their lives. I’m trying to figure
out ways to shoot my $1,000 goal out of the water, because they deserve it. I’m
thinking of the families, my family, as they try to piece up what pieces remain
of their lives.
Want to feel inspired?
Read some of the stories of these childhood cancer heroes: http://www.alexslemonade.org/newsroom/heroes
Running a marathon seems so easy in comparison.
