I've always wanted to accomplish something out of my confort zone. I've always loved sports but never rated myself as a runner. In my mind they are somewhat super human - top fit, slinky, in a league of their own. You know what, if you can't beat them, join them, I say.
And so I signed up for the Two Oceans half marathon on 3 April 2010 in Cape Town on the evening of the 2nd of January, with Bestie Thinus next to me on the couch. He's done it last year, also training from scratch, so the motivation and inspiration was abundant.
Now I've tried to follow a training programme a few times before where I'm supposed to be able to run 10km in 12 weeks, and sure as my nougat is always a flop, my attempts have been too. What's different this time? I've already done my first fun run of 8km two weeks ago and doing a 10km this weekend (easy stuff, friends, ha!) - but this time I'm treating it as a sport. Not as a vain challenge to prove something to myself or anyone else.
Watch this space, I'm going to be gloating a lot in the future because, in spite of many things I've accomplished in my life, some great and some not, this has always been a personal mountain for me, and I'm ACTUALLY GOING TO DO IT IN JUST OVER A MONTH!!!!!!!
Who's who in my zoo
- Ikasan
- I: "I will start a blog." Me: "Why?" I: "Oh, I don't really know. Because I can?" Me: "What will I blog about?" I: "The usual." Me: The usual? Like what?" I: "Well, things on my mind, things I keep myself busy with." Me: "Yeah! Like what - be more specific, Self." I: "OK let's see. Hobbies, food, music, trends, friends, money, bucket lists, shopping lists, politics, restaurants, travels, customer service stories, men, dates from hell, good dates, work, thoughts, jokes, friends, dejavu's, nougat, booze, random coincidences, heart aches, things that irritate me, hopes and dreams, my green monster, sport, Billy, philosophies, my silly theories, Facebook, brain farts, sleep patterns, favourites, house renovations, dance offs, bargains, things-I-can-do-with-my-gluegun, habits, parties, things I really, really want but cannot afford right now, organic food and farming, vices, fashion. How's that? Are you still awake?" Me: "That sounds cool, but who would care to listen to you?" I: "No one I guess, but that's OK. This will be for me, I don't mind who sees it." Me: "Cool, I'm in!"
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