Over the last two years, I feel like my running goals became stagnant. After my car accidents in 2014, I spent a whole year chasing a sub-2:00 half marathon and ALMOST hit it. But I've come to the conclusion that, due to the intermittent soreness that manifests in my knee whenever I work on speed, I'm probably never going to get significantly faster.

Ever since I completed my first half marathon, everyone has been asking when I'm going to run a full marathon. To be honest, the 26.2 distance scares the crap out of me. I can't really pinpoint why, it just does. Maybe it's all the hype and pressure around the "full marathon" that I was actively avoiding the whole conversation.

At The North Face Endurance Challenge this past September, I saw some very dear friends (and trail sisters!) conquer the 50K and I thought "That's amazing, I wish I could do that!" and then..."Why can't I do that?"