Introduction

I am going to turn 29 next year, on the 29th of March. Seeing as my age and the date of my birthday aligned in twenty-eleven, I imagined that it called for something special. So, I’m going to run the numeric date, each day during the month of March until the 29th. For example, I will run 1 mile on the 1st, 2 miles on the 2nd… 15 on the 15th… and finally 29 miles on the 29th. This isn't completely new, I’ve been running my birthday since I was 20. This is just pushing myself a little further.

I’ve run about 8 official marathons in my life, 11 including my birthday’s since I was twenty-six.  My personal best is 3:50 in 2008. I have never trained for a marathon to my satisfaction. I have done a few without doing any running in the months leading up to it, including the personal best in 2008, though I was doing a lot of cycling at the time. This is something that is going to have to change if I am going to accomplish the task I have laid out before myself. So, in addition to the birthday run, I plan on qualifying for the Boston Marathon by December of twenty-ten. I’ve started planning a work-out routine of running and cross training, that still needs to be finalized.

This blog is for me to keep track of the efforts I make, and thoughts I have in preparation for the coming goals and milestones.