College is over... what am I going to do now?

Well, it's over. 3.5 years of devoted study, always with this one goal in mind: graduate. And now it's over. So what am I going to do now? I have some time before I can "start my career." I'll probably start working full-time at some job I don't particularly love in order to hack through some college loans. Eventually Roy and I will move somewhere else once he gets hired as a youth pastor for a church. But, these are all expected things.

College sucked up so much time. And I've been thinking, now that I am "free," what should I do now?

I love watching the show, The Biggest Loser. I am amazed at the things people are able to make their bodies do at 300 and 400 lbs. For the past two seasons, I've watched these people lose 1/2 and more of their original body weight in just a few short months.

I've seen them run marathons... And that got me thinking... Could I run a marathon?

I've never really been a runner. Exercise induced asthma doesn't pair well with competitiveness in running. But I've been realizing lately that most of my battle with running is psychological rather than physical.

For the past few weeks, I've started running again. Nothing new there- the feeble attempt to begin exercising regularly always begins with great motivation and drive until the next major project or exam comes up for all 5 classes at once... and the plan ends just as quickly as it began. But, wait... I don't have projects or exams or classes anymore...

I am going to run a marathon.

And I'm going to be realistic about it while still pushing myself... here are my first two goals...

goal #1: 10k on April 24, 2010
goal #2: half-marathon by the end of summer 2010

We'll see how things go from there. I'm not going to get in over my head about a time frame for more than that until I can see how things are going later on in the summer.

But, first things first... the only pair of tennis shoes I own were bought when I was in 8th grade...I think maybe I'd better go out and buy a better pair of running shoes... What do you think? ;-)