Background & Beginnings

Not really sure why I've decided to blog my marathon training, I guess for the same reason I ran my first marathon back in 2007; simply because it's something I've never done.

I ran my first marathon 4 days before my 50th birthday and as I crossed the finish line I said what many first time marathoners probably say; "I'll never do that again!" Now I sit here, 2+ years older, trying to psych myself up to start "the journey" again - training for my next (fourth) marathon. I've learned a lot while training and participating in my first three marathons and I'll share a lot of those "lessons learned" as this blog progresses.

This will be a blog for the "average person". I'm not a fast runner or some semi-pro athelete, I'm a 52 year old, 6'2", 205 pound guy that loves to drink beer - not exactly a runner's profile! I've never run the Boston Marathon, New York or Chicago - and probably never will. But lesson # 1 that I learned during marathon training is that it takes determination probably more than anything else to complete the training and run a marathon - and I have an ample supply of that!

Next post we'll talk about my upcoming training schedule, the marathon I'm training for and some more insights. My training starts September 1st - 18 weeks and hundreds of miles later, I'll walk to the starting line and finalize my training with a 26.2 mile jog through our local streets - just because I can!