SO IT BEGINS.....AGAIN...

After a really great extended weekend of family and golf it is time again. Time to start training in earnest. Just over 5 months (I wish I knew how to add one of those clocks to my blog homepage!) to go until my next delve into the marathon realm and I am more than a little nervous. I can't put my finger on why? The first time around I had no idea what to expect, sure my coaches told me about hydration, fueling, etc., but every day was a new milestone that culminated in San Francisco. This time I kind of know what is coming.
Last year after I quit smoking, about a month after actually, I had one of those "Oh my goodness look at you" moments and right then and there I decided that I needed to get up and do something. I did not want to end up a former smoker with a weight problem. Well this past weekend it happened again. As I mentioned in my last post I ran in the Freedom Run a week ago this past Sunday. Well, my wife Beth took some pictures or my son and I before, during and after the race. I forgot all about the pictures and hadn't seen them. Until this past weekend that is! I am sure everyone who reads this has had that moment. That moment when you think why didn't anyone tell me I looked like that. F...A...T... It honestly looked as though I had a pillow under my T-shirt! I guess eating for a marathon has to go hand in hand with TRAINING for a marathon.
And so it begins. Time to start sweating, logging those miles and fundraising. Even though it won't be official until August 1st when I go to the info meeting training has begun....

R.P.D.