NOVA Marathon Challenge

I just got done watching this special which aired on PBS called NOVA Marathon Challenge. Basically they found 13 "normal people" and put them through a nine month training program for the Boston Marathon. The hour-long special follows these exceptional people through their entire training process and the actual marathon they ran in this past year. I found it to be incredibly inspirational and moving. I love watching this kind of stuff.

I sat through the show with butterflies in my stomach in anticipation of my own journey to run the Dublin Marathon. At times I was crying too because I found it to be so real and it filled me with anxiety, excitement and inspiration. I have doubted myself so much because of my weight and it has led me to think really sad and horrible thoughts about myself. Training for this has already been such a healthy exercise in patience and kindness to and for myself. And I'm looking forward to increasing the mileage and decreasing the doubt, fear and anxiety I have allowed to take over my life since I became overweight. I'm so much more than just the extra weight I carry around.

I know I can do this marathon. I know at face value there are a few things working aagainst me, but it's nothing I can't (and won't) overcome. If anything, watching this special gave me even more ammunition towards my journey because I know I'm capable of doing the marathon and seeing this through to next October 27th, 2008 in Dublin!

I can't wait to cross that finish line.