Its official - I’m going to be in Grandma’s (Half) Marathon and today was day 1 for training.
I ran one mile. 
Gotta start somewhere, right? Needless to say I haven’t went for a run in about 3 months, so I was very tired after only 1 mile. After I get done here, I’m going to map out my training on a calendar to make sure I will be up to the 13 miles prior to race day.
I’m hoping to accomplish a couple of things here.
- loose the winter weight.
- gain some more energy.
- since I’m going to have to run in the AM, get up earlier to get a run in before work.
- eventually run a full Marathon, or even compete in a triathlon. That would be awesome.
I ran in cross country and track in high school so I do know how to train and what to do and what not to do, and I have run 13 miles before… once… about 8 years ago… so it will be interesting.
I’m going to try and put a weekly update up so you can follow my performance.
[EDIT] I’ve created a page (on the right side of my site) that I’m going to log my mile on. If anyone in the Duluth area wants to go for a run with me or has any tips for race day, feel free to email me at joyerhot@gmail.com or gimme a call at 608-385-8897.
Feb 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I think it is great you are training for a half-marathon. And you ran 1 mile to start with. It’s right…gotta start somewhere. I’ll be following your training schedule and cheering you on. P.s. I will also be there on race day.
Love, Mom
Feb 27th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Thanks Mom, I love ya!
Mar 6th, 2008 at 9:31 am
John, that’s so funny that you are running that! My roommate Emily is running the marathon too that day! Do you all start at the same time?? Well I can’t wait to chear you on!
Apr 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 am
Hey John,
I am going to be running the full this year. I have to say make sure you run the 13.1 mile distance at least once so you can get a feel for how far that really is on foot.