What was I thinking?

It all started with an innocent voicemail from a friend.

"Hey Kate, this is Emily! We've been playing phone tag for so long! So I've got a proposal for you for next May. Call me back!"

Then...

"Hey Em, this is Katie!" "Katie, are you pregnant!?!" "No! But I thought you might be!!" "No!" "Oh, well, what's happening next May then?" "Do you want to run the Illinois Half Marathon in Champaign next May with me?" "Um, sure! I've been thinking I should do something like that."

And that's how it all went down. And now I'm wondering what in the world I was thinking. And I haven't even started training yet! That won't even start for another like three months!

But as of last week, I am officially signed up to run the Illinois Half Marathon in Champaign, Illinois on May 1. 13.1 long miles.

Now, you may say, Katie, you ran track in high school and college, you'll be fine! But let me tell you...the most I've ever run is six miles and that was VERY slow. Before that, I'd only run five miles once in my life (in high school). And at this point in my life, I'm lucky if I run two miles twice a week.

Oh, this is going to be so interesting!

Thankfully, I think I'm going to be running it with three of my closest friends from Omaha (shoutout to Emily, Sara and Molly!) and we're going to have a little reunion in Illinois and die together on the race course. All other Smartgirls are invited to join in our misery!

As Sara said today in an email: "It follows my theory of friendship: doing horrible things together (hazing) = bonding = lifelong ties. Right?"

Sounds right to me!