Last year I swore I would never train for another marathon. I would especially refrain from any long term training commitments until I was out of grad school. I made Jim promise to never let me consider something so foolish again. Following my successful completion of the Baltimore Marathon last year I promised to resign my future running activities to anything under 13.2 miles, because 26.2 hurt...A LOT!
Now it's one year later not one race was entered and finished by the Azzano household in 2013. So why on Earth did I think it was a good idea to sign up to run the 2013 ING New York City Marathon on November 3, 2013? I am still in grad school. We are still trying to adopt. And apparently I have yet to learn my lesson.
There are two reasons:
1. I have always wanted to run the NYC marathon. It is on my bucket list and I hope I scratch it off in 1.65 months (Right now that .65 is important).
2. I'm doing it to raise money for the Epilepsy Therapy Project. Every year Jim and I create a team for the National Epilepsy Walk, to support Jim's brother with epilepsy. This year I'm just adding a faster paced 26.2 to miles to that walk.
I wish I could say I'm confident on the training and fundraising front, but I'm starting to feel the time pinch to get both done. If you read this and want to help please donate here: https://epilepsytherapyproject.myetap.org/fundraiser/2013NYCMarathon/individual.do?etapCacheBuster=1376939252394&participationRef=189.0.588347433
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