Introduction

First of all, let me say this...I am not a runner.

I'm just a girl who runs. You might ask yourself, "What's the difference?" And I honestly can't tell you my exact reasoning. I have this image in my head of what a real runner looks like and I'm definitely not that. But I want to be. It's what all the cool kids are doing these days. So I'm going to try.
With the help of my boyfriend - who I consider to be a real life runner - I will train to run a marathon. (which marathon has yet to be determined but I have a few in mind and I'll come back to that in another post). I will document all the ups and downs that come with training for a marathon and put it on this blog for my utter humiliation and your entertainment.

Now, I'm already 3 weeks into my structured training schedule as laid out by Coach Jim. The first two weeks are far too much to write about right now but believe me when I say...it was ugly, folks. It was more than ugly. It was an absolute disaster. It was full of pain, sweat, hissy fits, getting lost in Murray suburban hell, a battle with a heart rate monitor and enough swearing to make a construction worker pray for my salvation.
Something tells me my entire training process will always be like that. (I must be insane)

So on that note....
Join me, boys and girls, as I log my progress to becoming a super awesome runner!
It's sure to be interesting.