Training starts today

Training for my first marathon. The Chicago Marathon, a good choice I hear. I am excited, nervous. I have heard that if you can run 26.2 miles you feel as if you can do anything. I do not know this yet, but I know that the decision to add running back to my life as made me happier and much healthier.

I had my first run today, long run that is. It was 8 miles, a very hilly 8 miles. I ran a 1.7 mile loop 5 times. It would be an understatement to say the last loop was not a complete struggle, but I made it. As I ran the 8 miles I considered the poor decisions I made the month of May. Perhaps eating and drinking whatever I wanted and stopping most, if not all exercise was a very poor decision. While I had fun the month of May, it was not worth the struggle of running that lies before me. So back to my pre- May lifestyle... healthy eating, running 4 days, spinning 2 days, and wine only on special occasions (not everyday...)

And so the training begins...