This blog documents my fitness and marathon journey. I’ve called it Marathon Dreaming, as running a marathon has been my dream for a long time.
Seven years ago I came back to running after a 20 year break, and completed four half marathons. It was however too much too soon, and I was plagued with injuries and got burned out after a few years. Inevitably the running and fitness dropped off, but the benefit was no more injuries, which were becoming painful and the treatment expensive with weekly physio appointments become a feature of my life. The best option was the drop off the pace and enjoy life for a while, which I did.
As a consequence, I am in week 1 of a mission to run a marathon next July, which is seven months away. I have previously run 4 half marathons, but nothing long distance since 2009, basically because life got in the way. This time one year ago I embarked on the same exciting enterprise, but accident and injury early in 2012 stopped it dead in its tracks, and in fact I am lucky to be running again at all, let alone so quickly afterwards. I started running again mid year, but it was a bit too soon, and I have eased myself back into it, so I think I’m ready.
So this morning was my first long run of the quest for the holy grail of marathon. Seven kilometres in beautiful Spring weather was a great start. Much slower than I ever ran previously, but that isn’t the point. The journey has begun…
Dreaming of Marathon 