I have never done a blog post before, but I figured I would start somewhere.  I will primarily use this as a way to talk about my runs as I train for my first half-marathon.  I am a little intimidated by the thought of running 13.1 miles, but I said I would do it, so no backing out now!  The race I am trying to do is on June 8th, so I have about 13 1/2 weeks to prepare.  I'm going to use the Nike Women's Beginner Half Marathon training guide, which is 12 weeks long.  My goal is to reach 4 miles by Sunday, and then begin the half marathon training.

Now, before I begin, let me start off by saying, I am slow. Really slow.  I'm just under 5 feet tall, which is not very useful for going fast.  My goal is to try to get faster during my cross training days and on my short runs.  Hopefully I can get my one mile time to around 9 minutes.  If I can do that by the time I finish, I will be happy.

Enough of all the background info, now for some actual running stuff.  A few days ago, I reached my first goal of 3 miles for the first time in several months.  It was snowing, and there was a windchill of about 16 degrees.  To say it was a challenge would be an understatement.  I'm used to running in 70 degree weather on flat land.  Despite having to stop for a few seconds three times to catch my breath, I did it, and the conditions I ran in just made reaching my goal that much sweeter.