My Running History

   I ran in high school to spend time with my father, but I never was really a runner. I even did track Sophomore year of high school to get involved, but I remember that I nearly died when we went out for a easy 3 mile run to start with. I had terrible shin splits and struggled just to run at all. My college and post college years consisted of on and off running to get in shape. I could never really progress beyond the 2 mile run. Then came the years when I had my three children that even the word "running" was a distant memory. Around 1998, I slowly started to run again but once again on and off. In 2003, I got serious and started truly becoming a runner, a slow runner but a runner nevertheless. Over the next 8 years, I have run a few 5K's and even 2 Half Marathons. In 2006, I ran the Half Marathon in Chicago, IL in 2:52, then in 2007, I did the Half Marathon in Lake Zurich, IL in 2:32. Ever since then, I have wanted to do a Marathon. I am what they call "a weekend warrior". I train well on Saturday and Sunday, but during the week when I am working and have 3 teenagers waiting for me to get home, I am lucky if I run at all. That is all changing as of January 2, 2011 when my training began....