It’s official.  I’m registered for the 34th Annual Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 25.  I’m really excited to finally be taking this journey, and I feel ready for the serious training and more miles than I have ever done in my life that are waiting for me over the next months.  It’s also a little freaky to think that I just volunteered myself to run for what’s probably going to be at least 4.5 hours straight.  That’s a full two hours longer than I have ever run in my life.  TWO MORE HOURS.

The Laminator asked me if I had any special rituals I was going to do when I registered.  I thought about it a lot actually, and while I didn’t really have a ritual, I am trying my best to remember this moment.  It’s a moment that is most definitely the catylst that will change my current routine and lifestyle until the end of October.  Again, a little freaky.  I enjoy having time to watch Survivor right now, after all.  The only thing I feel like I can do in this moment is hit up REI.com for some recovery socks and a case of Clif Shots, and watch the rain from my window thinking about the hundreds of miles to come.