The ticking time bomb of running the Miami Marathon was always in the back of my mind any day I didn’t run or when I didn’t feel good. Each time I thought about it, I tried to remember that I didn’t care about the marathon, or even finishing it. I was just gonna run and whatever happened, happened. I was actually not training at all, if you could call that not training. I was simply choosing to run further every month up until the marathon to make it easier. Still though, I doubt I would have pushed through such pain if I secretly didn’t have some desire of the marathon in me. It did cause alot of suffering however. Continue reading →