What am I waiting for?

Yes – once again I’ve been slacking on posting…and this post is actually about something….

I’ve had it in my head that I think I want to run a half-marathon.  Not sure why…OK – maybe because some of my co-workers have run them.  And I probably got the “if they can do it, I can do it” mentality.  I get that way sometimes – depending on the situation (some of the motivation to do a sprint triathlon last year), and what it is.  Additionally, I saw a friend’s facebook update about her finishing her first half-marathon.  And at Greg’s holiday party, one of his co-workers was training to do the Disney half-marathon that was in January.  So I started thinking, again, I should try it.

Around Christmas/New Years, I started looking into half-marathons.  Disney was having it’s inaugural, all women’s half marathon in March.  This sounded SO exciting!  I started looking into it, and at the time, I had exactly 12 weeks before the race.  I started training, following Hal Higdon’s training plan for beginners.  At the time, the Princess half marathon was already 70% sold!!!

Then Greg and I talked about different trips we might want to do over the next few months (Vegas!), as well as for the year.  We discussed the Disney Princess half marathon – c’mon, who doesn’t want to go to Orlando, right?  Sunny weather…running through the parks…I was trying to be realistic about it, though.  I wouldn’t want to do the parks before the race – gotta save my legs, right?  And I wasn’t sure I’d want to do the parks for a few days after the race – not sure how sore I’d be!  (I was pretty sore for a few days after the sprint triathlon I did last year.)  And spending all the money to go to Orlando and NOT do the parks, well, that didn’t seem to be the best plan…cuz I love amusement parks, too.

I decided to be adult about this, and ask Greg if it would be better to do a race that is closer to home, and therefore, less money.  I know…I really wanted to be able to say that not only did I run my first half marathon, but it was doing an inaugural race, too!!!  And he agreed – why go to Orlando if you can’t do the parks?  I was fine with this…plus it would give me a few more weeks to train.  Plus, the Disney race is the same morning as the time change – and I hate the spring time change!

So I’ve been training for the ING Georgia half-marathon.  And I’ve been slowly telling people I’m running it.  And I actually ran 7 miles last weekend (longest run to date), with 8 on plan this weekend (either later this afternoon or tomorrow, sometime).   But here’s the thing…

I HAVE NOT REGISTERED FOR THIS!!!  Uh, it’s 6 weeks away.  And I’m excited to do this (at the moment).  And I love that each week, I run the farthest I’ve ever run at one time.  But I still haven’t pulled out the credit card and signed up for it.  Maybe some time this weekend…again, I ask, WHAT AM I WAITING FOR???