And so it starts...

My journey is finally about to begin... 

Marathon training. Running, cross training, brunch eating, beer drinking and burgers inhaling for the next 18 weeks. Bliss most of the time, probably with some tears and cursing along the way. But I want to do it, I want to be part of the other gang. The one with the “M” after their name, as in Joe Average, marathoner… Nothing worse than being the odd ball…

One of the disadvantages of training for a race that is in a different province is that sometimes it’s at a different date than the race the group is training for. Example, the goal race of the clinic I’m taking is Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, October 16. My goal race is Montreal Oasis Marathon, on Sunday, September 25, 2011, 3 weeks before. So my schedule is a little different than theirs. At first I felt a bit stressed about it as I tend to be the type to follow something to the letter. But I since found out that there is a group that is training for a race in Berlin that is the same date as mine. So I’ll have a group to either run with or have the same schedule. 

I waited a long time for this. 2010 was supposed to be DA year but my foot decided that no, I needed more time to think about this. Maybe in hindsight it wanted to do it on its own, as in me only instead of being part of the original trio. Who knows... all I know is that it created a new person inside myself. Stronger, more determined than ever. I am A runner.  

I’m ready, I feel strong, I have already run up to 32k, I can do this. Bring it on…