I will run 465 miles, and I will run 26.2 more. (The Proclaimers sequel)

only wish i looked this smooth while running

Training officially kicked into gear last Saturday.  As the schedule stands now, I will log 465 miles leading up to race day.

I had a lot of thoughts leading up to the first group run, and none of them were positive.  Not a day went by when I didn’t think to myself – what the hell are you doing?  Procrastination is unfortunately a strong personality characteristic for me, and although I had intentions to get in a lot of training prior to the Fleet Feet Marathon program kicking off, I managed to find excuses on a regular basis to not run. Read the rest of this entry →