13.1 here I come!!!

Well. It's official! I took the advice of a comment I got on my only other blog, and decided to finally bite the bullet and sign up.
Tuesday I officially signed up for my first ever half marathon at the Eugene marathon. I realized on Monday as I was running 5 miles, that I can do it! And even if I can't run the whole thing, I can set a mini-goal for myself. Like run 8 miles of it. And I keep telling myself this is only my first half marathon, in what will be a long string of them.
Now the race is really on though, because I only have about four weeks to get my mind, body and especially my feet prepared! I've been watching Laura's stories diligently, and reading as much as I can online about gearing up for race day. My first battle, has already been blisters. I'm trying to find the balance between training hard, and not killing myself! But it's a day by day approach, and at least now I have the focus to get it done!!