Getting everyone up to speed............................

In September of 2004, I was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired all of the time. I had been working hard to get a new business up and running, and now that it was I had some time to focus on getting myself back to being myself.

As is typical of lots of people, I thought about doing lots of different things to make this happen, but didn't actually do any of them.

In January of 2005, I decided it was time to put up or shut up. Having failed at every diet and exercise program I had ever tried, I vowed that this time would be different. I tried something I had never tried before...a combination of pledging to love myself no matter what, and setting very realistic, very attainable workout goals.

IT WORKED!!!!!

I started with a commitment to walking on my treadmill for fifteen minutes five times a week. Everything else grew out of that, until about a year and a half ago, I started playing with the idea, the possibility of being able to run a full marathon. I decided that I would set my fiftieth birthday as the time frame to reach this goal. I will turn fifty on October 7, 2007 and I am signed up to run the Detroit marathon on October 21, 2007. I am going to do it, and will document the journey to race day on this blog.

Running has taught me that I am made of much stronger stock than I thought once upon a time (and I have always been a pretty confident person when it comes to goal setting). The more I accomplished with increase distances and longer races, the more I knew I could do anything (not just running things) that I set my mind to.

I have had tons of support from my husband and family, and would not have been able to be where I am today with that. Going into this marathon, I also have the support of a dear blog friend, who has caught the fever and is planning to run the full 26.2 with me. Having her beside me from training to race day will be my guarantee of success.

I hope you enjoy taking this journey with me through these posts, but more importantly I hope these posts create a fire in your own belly and inspire you to go after your own gold/goals, whatever that may be.