What's The Deal?

A few months ago a buddy of mine told me he was training to run in a half marathon and asked if I wanted to join him.  I looked at my waistline and thought that I could use the exercise, but 13.1 miles is a long way to run.  I mean, I ran cross-country in middle school (that was only like 20 years ago) so I felt like the foundation has been laid, however it is 13.1 miles of running.  Plus, I wouldn't be doing this alone as my buddy and me would be helping each other out throughout this endeavour, but did I mention that I would be running 13.1 MILES?  So, to make a long story short, I said yes.  Fast forward to 2 months later, I've been training approximately 3 times a week and I'm surprised how well its been going.  I started out running 2 miles at a time and have worked up to about 6 miles each run.  I've got up to 7.66 miles last Saturday and I have ran it in 70 minutes and 15 seconds.  So far so good.  So this is my journey on this half marathon experience and I plan on keeping track of my progress and hopefully funny stories along the way. Gotta run.