My goals for the NY Marathon

The number one question I’ve gotten over the past four months of training for the marathon is, “do you have a time goal?”  For someone who only ever dreamed of running this race, the question first seemed audacious to me.  Certainly, if you asked me at the time I first ever thought about running this race, all I would have said is that I want to finish while they are still giving out medals.  Still, training for this race has changed me.  It has prepared me to get that medal and dared me to reach for more.

But it turns out, “more,” is not a time goal – it’s a feeling.  What I’ve come to find in my own running journey – which has been one that’s tested all of my limits and pushed me beyond anything I’ve done before – is that, in the end, it’s no different than any other part of my longer journey.  It’s all about winning the day!  And for my New York City Marathon, here’s what that means . . .