4 months 18 days and 10 hours!!

So tomorrow my training officially starts for the Detroit Marathon. And guess what happens today when I wake up??
I HAVE A FRIGGIN COLD!!! AS FRIGGIN IF!! Ok for the record its been 70 all week last week then the last 4 days its been OVER 80 and I get a cold. Figures!!

But if you want to keep up with what I am doing this is my training schedule. Go ahead go have a look....


Ok finished laughing? Thinking I am crazy? Thinking I bit off more than I can chew?

Just a little teaser for those who are too lazy to click the link

Sunday 5 miles
Monday 3 miles
Tuesday Day off
Wednesday 3 miles
Thursday 3 miles
Friday Day off
Saturday 4 miles (walk)

So did you count that? Yep 18 miles my first week and that's only the start.

I am excited but nervous, so nervous I feel like I am going to die but I think if I just get past the first couple of weeks I will be fine. First week coming up only 22 to go!!

Surprises in the mail

WEEHOO Ok I love surprises!! And my good friend Patty who I am running the marathon with sent me a care package today FULL of surprises!! She sent goodies for me to try on my long runs and a really great book about running.
My favorite thing is the magnet for my fridge. I love it! Nothing like a little motivation to keep you going. Oh and the ugly socks (even Patty says so) are for my race this Sunday that I am doing on my own.
THANKS PATTY!!!

Oh you do you like the funny I cut out of the newspaper??

The view of my street this morning

So I got up at 6am for my run. Lets just say I am realizing I may have bit off more than I can chew.
26.2 miles is the length of a full marathon.
1.3 miles length I can actually run without dying, .2 miles distance that I can actually run outside on regular ground and not the tread mill.
27 weeks to get my distance up, but I am not even going to get upset about it. Even if I walk and it takes me 8 hours to finish I am going to do this!!

It was amazing being out there this morning, I was the only one out it felt almost a little surreal actually, the fog made it really calm. I think I like this stuff...

Sorry I have been MIA

Could I ask for better weather to drive around with the to down?
Been busy with stuff. I still have not gotten into my closet to clean it out yet but at least I got started tonight.
I have been running and procrastinating about running. And icing my shins.

Tomorrows post should be a good one, I am headed out early with a friend and her 2 kids to the flee market and beach (did I mention it was 90 out today?) so I will be sure to take lots of pictures and have a post full of our adventures..

Hope all is well, I promise to get caught up with every ones blogs tomorrow.

Ok the BIG SECRET!!

I am running a marathon. Yep you read that right. I am running a marathon (the more people I tell the more real it seems)

So I have been telling myself for years that I want to run a marathon, but why now? Well Oct 1st I will be turning the big 30. Yeah 30 so now is a better time than any and my friend Mrs. Patty will also be running her first full marathon as well as her BIG birthday celebration so we are going to celebrate together and both run together our first full marathons. WEEHOO I am so excited. Patty will probably run way faster and that's fine with me, this is something I am doing for me.

So its the Detroit Marathon and its Oct 21st. Exactly 6 months from today, exactly 6 months for me to train (they offer a GREAT program for beginners) and I am so excited and nervous and this is such a huge thing. I have committed and this and I am already signed up through the help of Mrs Patty and it is going to happen even if I have to walk across the finish line. This is HUGE for me its some thing I am doing for myself. Something I have been wanting to do forever.

So there you have it. A Marathon. Me running 26 miles **mostly running**

I am squealing with excited on the inside. Time to go run. : )