Closely held secret revealed

For sometime now I have been running. Since I started I have had the secret goal of completing a marathon, as the race gets closer I couldn't keep it secret any longer. Last weekend I told Mom and Missy now I'm blogging about it. As the training miles add up I am getting nervous so telling people is sort of a safegaurd against wussing out. So far my long run has been 16 miles, 10 miles short of marathon distance, I'd like to say no problem but I have to admit 16 miles kicks my ass pretty good. The next 2 weeks are going to be critical training weeks then its decreasing milage untill Oct 13 when I run the Baltimore Marathon. The only goal I have is to complete it, so no pressure to beat any time in fact I have never timed myself since I started and I have never concerned myself with how fast anyone else is. It maybe lonely at the finish line but I plan to be there. I thought my age made me something special in marathoning but that is not the case, yesterday I heard from a guy that runs his age every year, last Sat was his 53rd B-Day and he went out and ran 53 miles, by comparison I'm something of a lightweight. I have enjoyed the training and feel great, but I won't be doing much running for a while when this is over.