Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody...

Ok, I guess I'm really doing this.

An innocent question from my friend Paige, if I was up for a race, actually became a "Thing-to-do". Be careful what you ask your friends, they might actually take you up on it...

Sometimes I feel like doing things that other people would never expect from me. Maybe it's that restless nature I was talking about. I've also been known to be stubborn (thanks dad!). My first thought was: "Yeah, right", the second was: "Actually, why not?", my third thought became: "Oh, my God, what have I gotten myself into now?"

But I'm actually determined to do this. Running a marathon.

The more I say it, the more I get freaked out, because it's becoming more true. The reason why I'm scared is the mere fact that I've never ran in my life. It's not in my nature. Ever since I was a kid, I'd avoided running. Whether it be sports, games or just plain necessity.

Ofcourse, I want to keep the goal reasonable. Since attempting to run a marathon within 3 1/2 months is just unrealistic, I'm aiming for half a marathon in February 2010 (Sevilla) and the full one in November 2010 (NYC).
And I kind of getting used to this idea. Like I'm going to be a part of something big. It's exciting, it's scary and most of all, it's painfull.

As I said, I've never run before. After 2 days attempting to jog, all I feel are my sore upperlegs. I'm better at swimming, cycling, long-distance walking, that kind of stuff. Even basketball I'm good at, thanks to my height, but running?

Nevertheless, I really really want to do this, and I have lots of stuff to figure out. Like: are you supposed to keep going eventhough your legs aren't yours anymore? Do I take a 1 day break or is it better to continue? What is the best technique to track your milage or times? How to build up your endurance? So much to find out yet... And internet will be my best friend for this.. hip hip hooraaaay for advanced technologaaay.

But I'm terribly excited and the fact that Miguel will be training with me is a huge support. To make sure I don't just quit, I will keep a blogdiary of my daily progressions:

http://eline-runathon.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00%2B01%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=9