Okay, buddies... I need some input.
There's an all-night walk for suicide awareness and prevention in June in NYC http://www.theovernight.orgBasically the concept is that you raise $1000 and walk all night (from sunset to sunrise) for 18 miles. It looks absolutely awesome and for a multitude of reasons this speaks to me (I'm sure most of you have an idea why at this point). But it's raising $1000 - when I suck at fundraising and walking 18 miles (which I'm really not sure I can do - even in June after months of training.)
I actually signed up to do this like 5 years ago and couldn't raise enough so I just gave up. Now that I'm almost TWO YEARS away from the darkness I was living in, I really want do this but I don't want to sign up to flake out again. I also really am not sure if I want to do this alone - and with the distance/fundraising minimum I'm not sure I can get anyone else to join me.
So I don't know, I'm really tempted. I feel like it might be the next reasonable step with where I am on my journey but... man, can I do this? Seriously, the most I walk at once is 5-6 miles tops. 18 is a LOT. Part of my brain is screaming "You're insane to even consider this" but this little idea has been tickling the back of my brain for months now and I have to think that it's not going away for a reason. That this is some kind of destiny that the walk is in NYC again THIS year (I live in NJ so I could easily have some kind of cheering section.)
Is it even possible for me to be in shape enough to do this come June?