It is currently 60 degrees outside and the sun is finally starting to come out. I don’t know if I could ask for a better day to start marathon training. Yesterday the temperature reached 70 degrees by the time I got into work and 90 degrees in the afternoon. I wasn’t sure if I could maintain my resolve to start the training.

A little background information, I guess. I unofficially ran the last six miles of the Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minn. last year as a motivator for two friends. Running and seeing my friends accomplish something so big inspired me to run my own marathon. Luckily for me, I’m dating a guy who had made running a marathon one of his life goals so… running partner! We signed up last week for the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, which is October 7, 2007. This blog will (hopefully) follow the journey of my first real marathon experience.