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Marathon

 

Today I completed the Austin Marathon in 4:33:58.

To say I’m incredibly proud of myself is accurate. I rarely admit to being happy with something I’ve done, but I’m really happy with this. I set out my four year plan and I did it.

Senior year of high school, I decided that I wanted to run a marathon and now here I am, senior year of college and I just finished a marathon.

That’s kind of amazing to me.

I know people complete marathons all the time and without setting four year plans and with better times than me, but oh well. This was a goal I set for myself and I met it.

After the race my brother asked me if I had anymore goals. I was a little confused at first. Wait,more? I remember saying I’d continue running marathons for the rest of my life after this. But when would be the next one? Next year?

I just said “I’d like to keep doing more marathons, and improve my time.”

My friend was searching for the word to describe me after my marathon. “Marathoner” didn’t seem right to her, but it’s the only word she could think of.

Am I really a marathoner now?

That’s crazy.

And yes, my body hurts. I’ve been doing the old lady shuffle ever since I finished and I’ve wanted to throw up a little inside everytime I saw somebody running. Stairs are my enemies. My knees hate me. And I know tomorrow morning is going to be a lot worse.

But I did it.

What next?

=Doyin

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