Well, here I go. Trying to run a marathon. To be honest the only reason I'm even thinking about doing this is because my older brother has done a couple, and I have to be able to beat his time. So according to him, his best time for a marathon is 4hrs 9min. After talking to my wife and in-laws, they say that running a marathon in under 4 hrs is too hard of a goal to try. So that is my second reason to try. Did I mention how I like a challenge. Well, anyway, here goes.
First thing I did was to look for a good training programs. The wife loves to run and has been collecting running magazines for a while and I think we found one that has a program that will have me ready in 13wks. All the others have been in 18 to 20 wks and for me that's too long. So 13wks here we go.
Today Monday is 2-3 miles which is labeled as easy.
Well I wish I could say I did it with no issues, but that would not be correct. I was able to run a mile with little issue, but then my back started to hurt, when I stopped to walk, then both calves started to crap. I finished the second mile walking, and I did finish the third walking the dogs. Have to be proud of the little things.
Just got 2 pairs of running shoes and a nice pair of socks. I figure I will use one pair when I run at home and the other pair when I run at work on a treadmill. Spend over $200 on them, so they better be worth it.
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