Thoughts on racing

I want to run a marathon. I mean I really, really want to run one! I think a lot of it has to do with seeing my dad running marathons as a kid. I've always been so proud/jealous of his determination.

I am extremely out of shape so a marathon is something I'll have to give myself plenty of time to train for. Today I decided to attempt to run a mile with Andy and my sister Sarah. It was brutal. I've ran it before and it's been fine but today I struggled with it. I don't feel sore or tired at all but I kept getting side stitches. Do you think it has anything to do with what I ate last night?

Dinner last night was BBQ. I had corn-on-the-cob, half a corn muffin, tri-tip, half a hot link sausage and an alcoholic beverage. (See why I wanted to run today?) I just wonder if the meat or alcohol contributed to the side stitches or if that is my body's way of telling me how out of shape it is.

Regardless, I am going to continue running. I'm actually not concerned with my time at all because I want to be able to say I completed something.

So I am thinking of starting small with a 5k. Sarah would you wanna run it with me?

I think running a marathon is going to take me way longer to train for than I expected. Boo.