Week 1.....

is done and in the books. How did it go? It went. There were ups and downs this week. We started with our first group run of the Start 2 Finish training. Luck for us Local Joe's, we receive this training as part of our package. This is a great program for anyone looking to get into running a road race. Be it a 5K or a full marathon, hit up Joel at Go Run.

Some of the other Local Joe's

The rest of the week on was on my own. Trying to find time with coaching, city council, work and family, well, it is not always easy. Friday night I had to tell friends that we couldn't go out with them for dinner as I still needed to run. Today (Sunday), I needed to do two separate runs to make up for a missed run on Saturday. It would be easy to miss my scheduled runs. There are many excuses a person could use to not run. But if you are serious about completing your goal, you must work past those excuses. Anyone can find the time to run. You might need to get up an hour earlier than you are use to. Or you might have to put off plans for an hour or two to get that run in. It can be done.

High note of the week: Friday night running 5 miles non-stop. Never have done that before in my 37 years on this great planet.
Low note of the week: Soreness in my knees. Not sure why, but it is there.

They Want Selfies, They Get A Selfie

Run Justin Run.....

no we are not talking about politics this time. we are talking about actual running. moving your legs in a fast motion for a long period of time. we are talking about running 13.1 miles all at once. no breaks. no stops. not spread over a few days. hopefully all done in two hours or less. 

some of you have seen I applied to the Prairie Fire Marathon (PFM) Local Joe's program. they had 55 applications I believe and I was one of 9 they picked. not sure why they picked me. maybe my constant nagging of asking them when they were going to open up applications or when they were going to announce the "winners". whatever the reason was, I'm happy they did pick me.

if you don't know what the local joe's program is, well here we go: we are a mix of people who want to run a marathon or half-marathon. some of us are experienced runners who have done multiple marathons. some of us have never run before. some of us, like me, have ran off and on in the past but want to get serious.  PFM pays for race entrance into the Fall PFM races. Go Run Wichita, now Fleet Feet Sports, pays for and does our Start to Finish training. we are asked to blog, tweet, Facebook all of our training. heck, some of you have probably already seen my posts from the last week, as I have started my training early. there will probably be some other requirements that I am either forgetting or don't know about. 

many have asked me why did I sign-up for this adventure. easy: I have a life goal (I hate the term bucket list) to finish a marathon. call me crazy right? I need a push to do things. I don't do most things on my own. something has to force me to do things that I really don't like doing. running is one of those things. this program will force me to train and get closer to my goal of doing a marathon. wait, closer? yes, I am only doing a half-marathon this year. I thought about going all out and doing the full, but not sure that is the smartest thing to do. so the Fall PFM in 2016 is my goal to do my marathon. 

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