1.) I am running the New York City Marathon, which I am super excited about. This year is a little different from when I first ran it in 2007. In 2007 when I ran New York, I didn't actually find out I was running until the first week in October, a little less then a month before the race. I was under trained, scratch that...I was very, very under trained. I was also going through one of those soul searching moments, and I wasn't quite sure if mentally I was up for the challenge of a marathon. But I thought about it, and felt I was given an amazing opportunity that I just couldn't pass up. So on November 4th, 2007, my mother dropped me off at the starting line and there I stood with 38,000 other runners waiting to begin the race of my life. I learned so much about myself during the 3 hours and 47 minutes that it took me to complete those 26.2 miles. From that day on I became a better me, and my love affair with marathons began. I've always loved to run but something about training and competing and completing a marathon is personally one of the best feelings in the world for me. After NYC '07 I couldn't wait to run another one. I ran a few half marathons during the year and geared myself up for NYC '08. This time I told myself, "Think of what you can do if you are trained and prepared." So I trained, and trained. November was approaching and I started having pains in my shins, at first I shrugged it off, thinking it was the normal aches and pains of marathon training. Then one day, after doing some yoga I could hardly stand, I had to lean on my boyfriend to take the pressure off my legs. I knew this wasn't good and it was two weeks before the marathon. I thought I would just take it easy, but the pain persisted. With just one week to go I found out I had shin splints and running a marathon would make my injury 100x worse. I couldn't believe it, I was training so hard and now I couldn't compete. I had to defer my entry, which was one of the most upsetting moments of my life, it was a let down for sure, but I wasn't going to let it get the best of me. I rested and recovered determined that I would run NYC '09. Well here I am, it's October one month to go and I feel great. My training has been great and this year, and I have a something else motivating me. This year I am running the marathon for Team Livestrong, which is part of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. It's a great feeling knowing that my running, will actually help people living with cancer. So this last month of training is very important and I hope it goes as planned!
2.) Going to Israel...haha I'll save that post for tomorrow. :-)
Until Then...
Live, Laugh, Love and Livestrong...Meg
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