... Yet after an off-the-cuff conversation, I've found myself and a flatmate in bets with several people that we'll be able to run a marathon.
It'll be a long road for both of us- eating steak at the local just earlier today, whilst wagering crates of beer and bottles of spirits with whoever would take us on- my other flat mate remarked "It's not that I don't think people can run a marathon, it's that you two are the last two I know that would be able to run one!" - And to be fair, he has plenty of reason to say this, he knows our poor diets, he knows how much we drink, and worst of all, he's seen how fast I get tired at 5 a side football! It's all in good heart anyway and the bet isn't exactly what's important here, rather just the element that is going to get me off my arse and eventually ticking "☐ Run a marathon" off the bucket list!
I'm a 21 year old student and I know I should be fit enough to run a mile. It's not that I'm out of shape to the eye, as in, I don't have weight to lose- I'm just extremely unfit. This is where my actual goal lies, not to win a bet but really to overcome how unfit I am.
The bet parameters are
- A full marathon must be ran before the end of 2013
- It must be completed in under 5 hours
... Hopefully without sounding too naive, this really should be possible, it's a large time window and 5 hours isn't exactly a mind blowing pace for the period of time I have to train.
I'll state here that my personal goal is to run a marathon in under 4 hours 20 minutes...
Wish me luck!
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