Just. Keep. Going.

When I moved to Chicago in 2003 I saw a trifold brochure for running a marathon in support of the AIDS Foundation. "Anyone can do it!" it said. Anyone, I wondered? I hadn't run more than a mile in gym class in high school, so the consideration of a marathon was cute of me to entertain. One week later, however, I was lacing up my Nikes and run/walking a 12-minute mile. Six months later I was crossing the finish line in Honolulu. Grand goals have always enticed me, so considering I went from 0-100 with running, it didn't really surprise me when I put my deposit down to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with no prior mountain climbing or camping experience.