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Why I'm scared of marathon

Excuses excuses... I have been avoiding running a marathon on the excuse that Bangalore never had one and I don't travel distances to run unless I have a chance to win elsewhere too. Come 2014, Namma Bengaluru has got a marathon of its own... Bangalore has got its own marathon now. With excitement, I registered early enough to win early bird personalized free tee shirt with my name printed on it. Race is however scheduled for 19th October. What is the problem now? I'm a guy who wakes up one day and run. I rarely participate in events and I rarely practice. But when I do run, I always run hard. This has its own limitation though. I can run at best a 10 km. I had so far run two half marathons too, best being 1:32. I can also run long distances provided the pace is not aggressive. So, I have done a 100 km run / walk / limp :) But a marathon is a distance, not long enough to brag about but not short enough to push hard. It is neither short enough to even try out o