Going for it

What possesses us to enter races? What pushes us to push further? What have I gotten myself into? I just signed on to run in the Surf City marathon. The good news is, it's a course I know and love. There isn't any bad news, except that I still can't stand the taste and texture of chocolate. Call me crazy! I'm not sure what to predict as my finish time. Thursday, I ran nearly tem miles at a nearly 12 minute per mile pace. But that was just me and Radio Lab--my new favorite thing to listen to when I run. Check out the Colors episode, and also the Darkside of the Earth podcast. It lets me check out and go to unusual places. Perhaps the bad news is that Surf City Marathon has a 6 hour time limit. Going into it at this point, I have confidence that I'll be able to do this, but know that I've got a lot to do to improve my speed so that I fall well shy of that time limit. That would be a 13:74 minute mile. I need to do better than that. Yoga will help my hip, which still grieves me. Doing some cross training will help,and also some speed training. There is a debate in my head over if I should hire a coach/trainer. Not sure... What else am I going to do with my life?