First Marathon

Okay, it's been awhile since we finished OIGWT and I haven't really had a reason to post. Not that anyone has really been reading and waiting with anticipation for my next blog entry... :-)

Well, the next adventure I have planned is my first marathon! I have my sights set on the PF Chang's Rock n Roll Marathon here in Tempe in January. Again, not that anyone is particularly interested in my next adventure or in the training for it, but I find that blogging my preparation keeps me on track and honest. You know, kind of like having a workout accountability program. If I know someone might be checking up on my progress, I'm more likely to be more consistent. Well, that's the theory anyway.

My friend Tab will be a training partner with me. She's done a lot of marathons and is a great source of advice and support! Kay, another good friend, is also a marathon machine, and when her Plantar fasciitis (sp? and will from now on be known simply as PF) heals, we'll all be training together on some long runs I hope!

I've done I think four half marathons before, but never a full. I'm not doing it for any special reason but to just see if I can finish, so hopefully that will be motiviation enough to be faithful to my training plan. :-)

Phil and I will also be doing the Soma Half-Ironman triathlon on October 26th, so I'll have my training attention divided between that event and marathon training until the end of October. This will be the same distance as the Mountain Man Half-IM distance race I did back in July. I know I can do the distance so my goal this time is to shave off (well actually take some huge chunks off) my 7 hour and 2 minute time. That's a really long time to be doing anything and I sure hope I can cut it down a bit!

Okay, that's all for now. I've been logging my training so far this week - all 2 days of it so far - so I'll post that training update next week. Somebody read it and at least tell me you will check up on it the next week so I know someone is watching!! :-)