Once a Dream...Now a GOAL!!!

Well, finally bit the bullet and...I signed up for my first HALF MARATHON!!! i am so happy that i did! When i put in my credit card info, i was shaking and felt so nauseous...like it was hitting me how serious this commitment was. I've gotta print the training schedule off. Using the Hal Higdon (sp) website using his Novice schedule. it's for 3 months, which is exactly the amount of time that i have to train. should be pushing things close, but i don't need to be a superhero. I want to do well, but it will be a PR for now either way;)) Called Dad and told him, since Mom wouldn't answer her phone 1st;) He asked me if I thought i had enough time to train. said the schedule was for 3 months and looked "doable" and he told me, "well i've learned my lesson in not doubting you". Almost made me cry for real. What's even cooler is how i'm pretty sure this race goes to benefit the Lymphoma society, which is the kind of cancer my Dad has. Really just brought it full circle for me. Couldn't go to a better cause. Mom called me later and he'd already told her. She said she wanted to go and cheer me on. really made my night. So....it all starts tomorrow. I get tears in my eyes thinking of it. so many things are flooding my mind over it, but i'm praying God will allow me to do this well, and my bod to hold up. Do need to think about getting some newer shoes. my Asics are over a year old and my Under Armour's are just cheap, and were hurting my toe/nerve last time i ran on the tready in them. so will look into that soon. prob'ly will hafta use the tready for a good bit of the running as the weather and schedule w/ R don't match up, but i will make do. will prob'ly wanna rip my hair out w/ boredom, but i have a GOAL in sight. no longer just a distant dream, but an achievable goal. I can do this!!!