My ex-Boston Marathon 2010

No i dont mean it is good or bad as sex. Well it could be: you are sweating like a pig, you cannot breath, you are tired after, and you still call it great time.But that is not the point here. It is how so many people look at training and running their first full marathon. My belief is that you need a year of good, solid running, few local races, before even starting to think about one. Some people jump into right away, some take their time.Some make it one night stand. Nothing bad about it. But it is just one night stand. So later in life you can look at it and say “well i did it”, not much different then saying “i did her/him”. They just want to came and to finish. Without much respect to the race or other runners.Or you can take different approach, you can make in meaningful, lasting relationship, “invest” days and months, becoming more friendly with Mrs. Full M., hoping it would be long term, something you can cherish forever. And then become hooked, keep coming back for more.