Starting Out

Right, so I have this crazy goal in life that before I turn 30 I want to finish an Iron Man.  So as one of the many steps I'll have to take to complete this I've decided to start training for my first marathon.  I don't know where or when I will actually run this marathon (details I probably want to figure out sooner rather than later) but I've started training. Today is day three and I'm still fully motivated to go running, which is a good sign.

I was originally going to run outside, but given that it is Iowa and it is July you can count on two things 1) its too hot to move without sweating and 2) sweetcorn. On the first day of my training I ran three miles outside and about died in the process (okay so I didn't about die, but it sure felt like it). I decided to run the 4 miles of day 2 on a treadmill and it was still sticky hot even in the glorious AC!  Today I'm going to continue with the indoors running...I broke into a sweat before 10 AM, this does not bode well for the remainder of the day.

Anyway this blog is mainly for my own selfish purposes of giving me motivation to continue to train for a marathon and to keep myself on track.