Committing to it in Writing

I won't bore you with the details of the last few weeks. I fell off the band-wagon, but I'm getting back on again. This blog might turn into a bit of a running nerd blog. Sorry! After a great long run Saturday with two FIT runners, one of my new resolutions is to suck it up and do the dreaded track workouts. I have done one track workout in the last year. It was a miserable 2 mile time trial that I like to remember as The Death March. After my half-marathon a few weeks ago, I couldn't believe just how sore my hamstring were. Why so sore? No track workouts! All said and done, I was pretty happy with my 1:35. I had done no track workouts in over a year. I hadn't raced in well over a year. I did only one run specifically to train for it, a long trail run six days before. I had just finished first year of lovely grad school (how do those semi-professionals go to school AND train!? Mucho respeto!). So, it's a good starting point...

... because I've decided to run Philly in November. When I decide to run a marathon, I don't do half way. I want to feel prepared and as strong as possible. I'm going for a PR. I want that feeling again of being super fit. I want to be starving every 2 hours on the dot. I want to feel fast. I want to feel as healthy as I've ever felt. Colorado summer and mountains, altitude training, trail runs to slow me down on long runs, farmers market veggie salads, no East coast humidity, and inspiring new training partners -- I'm ready to commit to what it takes:

going to sleep early on Friday nights to get up for Saturday morning long runs
track workouts once a week
tempo runs
paying for essentials (new shoes every 6-8 weeks, massage, post-run recovery shake powder)
finally getting The Stick and a foam roller
eating right
consistency, consistency, consistency
a just do it and "it's-like-brushing-your-teeth" attitude

I can do this! Right?