New Years Resolutions

Usually I'm not one to participate in New Years Resolutions, as they are usually goals that people set with the intention of good, but fall off it after two weeks, and I hate doing things halfway. If I'm going to make a goal, I'm going to see it through, which is why this year, I've thought hard about what I want my goal to be for next year, and I've decided on what may seem like an impossibly hard task. Here it is. I am going to train for and finish a marathon.

Even when I look at what I just typed I laugh, because I never could see myself having enough strength, endurance and mental ability to run 26 miles at one time. But I've made it my goal to train at least four days a week until I can complete 26 miles, and when that happens, I'm going to run in a marathon and hopefully finish it within 5-6 hours.

I've already started training, and let me tell you, it's already hard. I've managed to go from my two miles without stopping to four miles, so I've made some progress, but this is all about pushing yourself, even if it makes you feel like you're dying. For me, a marathon is mostly mental ability with some leg strength.

The hardest part is getting up and doing it. The rest will fall into place once you're moving.

I feel like if I have control of one aspect of my life, and control of my body, everything else will be less significant and hopefully I'll get some more control of who I am and who I want to be.