I was fairly new to Twitter and Dailymile, and I was having a twitter conversation with this guy about his recent finish at a 50k. If you can run a marathon, he told me, you can definitely do a 50k.
The seed was planted.
Not long after, I met a bunch of great ladies at a meetup before the Portland Marathon. Ultrarunners. If you can run a marathon, they told me, you can definitely do a 50k.
Five months later, I toed the line at the Gorge Waterfalls 50k. And finished. They were right. I could run a 50k.
Other ideas were brewing.
It happens when you spend time with people who regularly do what the rest of us consider inspired, crazed or even impossible.
You start believing that you can go farther.
The 50 miler went from a ephemeral idea to a solid goal to a completed registration.
And now it is less than a week away.
I don't know what lies ahead. I know that my mind has been racing with speculation, planning and anticipation. I know that I believe I can do it. I know that the only way I can find out is to try.
I will tell you this.
If you believe you can, you are much closer than if you believe you can't.
And we are all capable of much more than we first dare to believe.
You're going to love the 50 mile distance. Start out slow and remember, you're just spending the day playing in the woods with friends.
ReplyDeleteThink no further than the next aid station.
Your mantra: Walk all the hills, run all the downhills and flats.
Have a great day out there!!