The Year of the Sneakers

I am not a runner.

I am a couch potato.

I hate running.

I am the queen of excuses on why I can not get on the treadmill to get a workout done.

I can motivate everyone around me to get a workout done when it comes to their sneakers, but nope. not me...

I decided at the end of 2014 that, that little list needed to change...

and I determined that the best way to fix something that I don't like or am super weak at - is to throw myself into it... I decided to focus on my running and see what I can accomplish in 2015.

I have 4 1/2 marathons scheduled and one marathon, for 2015. Yes. you read that correctly, a marathon.

In 232 days, I am tackling the Mount Desert Island Marathon in Bar Harbor, Maine.  33 weeks from Sunday... PLENTY OF TIME!

Today, I can barely run a single mile without stopping, and I think on a good day I have a solid 12:00 per mile pace...

But I have a plan. It might not be to finish first, or even in the top 50%. But it is to stick with something, to see it to the very end. Follow the plan of attack and do the absolute best that I can do... and hope that I cross that line with a smile on my face!

Training is ongoing with my tri schedule, but I will start really tracking miles the week of April 19th. if anyone wants to join me on this journey, you are more than welcome. I'm slow. I walk some. ok, I walk more than just some, but I have fun.

I'll track my progress here as it goes... the good, the bad, the ugly and i'm sure the humorous... :-)