Okay...so...I think I may have just committed the most insanely stupid thing I've ever thought of doing. It's not my fault. It's the internets fault...if they didn't make it so easy to register for events...if I actually had to go down in person and register...none of this would have happened.
So in case you haven't guessed it I went a head and registered for my first 50K ultra. Before you start telling me how stupid I am let me explain.
I've been dreaming about running the Calgary 50k for weeks now. It's on my ever present mind. It's a one time run for it's 50th anniversary...all road...literally a dream come true for me. My thoughts are that I would register for it and see how my training takes me for my first full marathon...you see it's 3 weeks after it...the training program calls for a 26 mile straining run right around that time...it's fate!
So before you tell me how stupid I am hear me out. This race is going to sell out...it already has once...while I would love to wait and see how Fargo goes and then register for it, if I do that though I won't be able to...it'll be sold out. Basically in my head it went like this...If I'm willing to gamble and flush $125 if for some reason everything goes horribly wrong, why not take a chance and train for the ultra? If Fargo is an unmitigated disaster I'll sell the bib to someone else. However if Fargo goes Brilliantly, if my recovery is awesome and fabulous...then I'd be kicking myself watching my friends head off to partake in one of the greatest running events of all time.
I know the course is going to be tough and full of hills...not to mention the serious elevation difference...but if I train my ass off for this there's no reason I can't truly make this the best year of my life!
When I started running I told no one...because I knew that if I said I was going to go from an obese couch potatoe to a 1/2 marathon people would have told me I was being to ambitious...hell people did in the end tell me I should train for a 10k or something more realistic. I did it and ran my first 1/2 marathon in 3:20 at 280lbs.
I train smart. I listen to my body. I recover quickly in part to a strict diet pre and post run. I don't indulge in every treat under the sun when I PB...I indulge a bit and then get right back at it. I know in my heart I can do this. I know people who are going and haven't run a full marathon in 6 years...they're in no better shape then I am...sure they may be faster, but I'm getting there.
So the long and the short of it is that I'm telling no one that I've registered...I suspect I'll have to tell my husband when he asks me what the charge on the CC is...but until then I'm incognito. I just don't want people to gossip. Once I prove to them how awesome I am I'll tell them...or once I feel like I can really truly do this.
~gulp~
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