Finished the Half

So this past Sunday, March 14...I walked 13.1 miles. I completed the Dallas Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. I think until about halfway through today I was in shock a little bit. It really hit me today that I completed it. I am always afraid of other people not wanting to hear about it or think that I am bragging if I am happy for msyefl and want to talk about it. But I figure that if you are reading my blog you have the option to stop reading if you aren't interested.

Fact is since Sunday my attitude towards finishing was kind of like this: eh. No biggie. Today I realized how weird that is. Why can't I feel happy about this? Why can't I just be proud of myself, at least for a little while? Well for one thing, I had planned on running some, so I do think that is part of it (the fact I did not run at all). But also, I think there are just some people who have made me feel like it's not OK to talk about my accomplishment or that this is not a significant enough accomplishment. I have decided though that I am proud of what I did, and that it's OK for me admit that!

So the question is: what now? What will I do now that I have accomplished my goal of completing a half marathon? Wendy and I were discussing this at work today. And during this conversation is when I really realized that I have officially proven to myself that I can do anything I put my mind to. Will I let this be a flash in the pan, one time in my life accomplishment? Or is this becoming a part of who I am? A part of my character? I know what I want to happen now: I want to become even more disciplined in being active and training, and I want to be a person who is active more often than not. I want to enjoy the outdoors, I want to love running, and I want that to be something ingrained in my being. I believe that completing this half showed me a part of who I really am, and what I can really do in this life.

In July, we are doing another half here in Abilene. It's unofficial and around the Lunsford I believe, but my goal for that half is again just to finish, but this time I am really going to walk/jog it. For me personally, running is the next step!

April 1, we hit the ground running with training for the half in July.

In November is the Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 and Full Marathon in San Antonio (the motherland). I'll definitely be doing another half then!

In February is the Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 and Full Marathon in New Orleans (Shannon's motherland). I'm contemplating doing a full marathon then. Not sure if I'll really want to do a full ever. So this is all very non-committal, just ideas floating around in my head kind of stuff. I would really like to at least do the half then and go to NOLA for a few days on vacation then. I love New Orleans and it would be great to see Shannon then!

I kind of don't know who this person is--this person who wants to do half marathons! But I kind of like her. :-)