marathon week challenge

Earlier this week, I ran across 265 and falling. Steve there, started a challenge on daily burn, the Marathon week challenge where, from Dec 2 — Dec 9, you try to log in 26.2 miles of running or walking, the same distance as a full marathon.

I decided to join and give it a try.

Here are my miles so far:

• Wed Dec 2 — 5.84 miles walked

• Thurs Dec 3 — 3.44 miles run ( it was my week 8, day 2, of C25K run which I did here. Go me!)

It is fun to challenge myself to see if I can do 26.2 miles in a week. I really have to say koodos to those that can run a full marathon at once. It is tough to do those miles even with breaking them up over a week. I haven’t decided yet today whether I will have another run or have a walk for the challenge miles. We’ll see how I feel as the day progresses.

Thanks to all of you who come up with these wonderful challenges. They are a great help in keeping me motivated. I have goals to aim for and friends to be accountable too. Keeps me interested and they are fun! 🙂

Looking back to when I had started C25K, I am amazed at how far I have come. And I have to admit that I am proud of myself. 🙂  Back then, at the beginning, I was sure it would kill me first, that there was no way I would make it. It was torturous to run just those 60 seconds. But I kept at it. And before I knew it, I was here! at week 8 and surviving, and loving it! I never once, at the start, thought I would ever want to run in a 5 k race or participate in a duathlon. But seeing the progress my blogging friends were making and turning themselves from couch potatoes to athletes was very encouraging and motivating. Now I have goals that never in a million years I would have striven for if not for my blogging friends and C25K.