Day 1

Today marks 20 weeks until the Marine Corp Marathon (and also 12 weeks until Nicole's wedding)!!! My official training program is 16 weeks long and begins July 9th. Wait then... why is today Day 1?  A couple of reasons.

1) The first long run of the official training program is 9 miles. That means I only have 4 weeks to build up to that. There's no time to lose!

2) After my week in Dallas (pretty fun), Sarah's Wedding (super fun), and a Sunday Spectacular starting with Patti's baby shower, followed by a trip to Buffalo to celebrate Maniah's 2nd birthday, Chris' 25th birthday, Joan's 60th birthday, and Joan and Fred's 40th wedding anniversary (celebration overload).... well let's just say I ate out/splurged quite a lot.

So how am I starting Day 1?  With a new journal of course!!!  Big thank you to Sheena for discovering what could potentially be my most favorite journal for tracking my food and exercise.

Ok, now I'm off to run my first 3 miles of this long adventure.  And of course it just happens to be 88 degrees outside right now. Thanks Mother Nature... :)