Park City Half Marathon

It's official, I paid my entry fee and I am going to run the Park City Half Marathon!!! A few posts ago I posted about the fun run that I had done in Orem with Carrie. Well, Shay's cousin, Kayla commented on that post and suggested that I should run the Park City Half Marathon which she would also be running. At first I kind of laughed at the idea and thought there was no way I would do that. Then I started thinking about it and I decided it was something I wanted to do. I called my sister Kerstin that day and told her I was having a crazy idea and told her what it was and then asked if she wanted to run with me. After a few days we both decided that we wanted to do it for sure. Training started on Monday. It has gone well so far. Tomorrow will be our first day off the treadmill and out on the open road. I'm excited, but scared at the same time. 13.1 miles is a long way. But I have found that since I have that goal in mind, getting out of bed in the morning to run (I hit the treadmill at 5:50 this morning), and running the distance is a lot easier to do. I was just reading over Kayla's post that she made when she started her training...now all I need is a mantra to repeat in my head to keep myself going. I will be working on that in the next few days. Thanks Kayla for putting the bug in my ear and we'll see you in Park City.