It's official. Sean and I have signed up to do the Great Wall Marathon in Beijing on May 21. Sean is going to do the full distance but I am going to do the 1/2 marathon. This marathon is a little more intense than normal as there are more than 5,000 steps and lots of steep grades. The official website actually recommends walking a little bit and taking it easy in some parts. Gulp. I know it is going to be painful but I'm hoping it will get me in some kind of shape for a particular wedding coming up and also the NOLS trip.
As a cool bonus, we get to stay with Daniel's dad in Beijing and he is going to run the race with us! Here's hoping we stay motivated enough to keep running enough in the next 12 weeks so we can survive the race.
In other news, posting has been difficult lately as the Chinese government has shut down many VPNs (ways to get around the firewall) - including mine, so I haven't been able to access blogger for a few days. Fortunately, Witopia, the company I work with, is always working on the blocks and has new solutions every few days. The recent censorship zeal stems from the problems in Libya, according to Witopia. It would seem that from the time I have saved from facebooking and blogging due to no free internet, I would have gotten a great jump start on race-training, but alas, I just found new ways to procrastinate.
Bob Davis doesn't mess around. Have fun!