Deciding to run a marathon

On Saturday, December 20th I went out for a run not sure of the distance I would go. The windchill was a hair above freezing. A few days before I had run my personal best of 8 miles. I had hoped to at least match this. The frustrations of the semester had been starting to wear off. As I made my way through the normal 4 mile loop I was accustomed to, I felt pretty good and thought I would try to match the 8 miles for sure. The last incline to the 7 mile mark is something that pushes me every single time to almost exhaustion and once I got up to the top of that hill I decided to go all out. To add the additional 3 miles I would just need to add the next 3/4 of my 4 mile loop. This was hard, but felt incredibly rewarding. I had already decided to attempt a half marathon in May and as I was laying in the tub soaking after my run I just felt like the full marathon was something I could do. Whether I can or not only time will tell.....