A Marathon?? Insanity or stupidity??

At 32, with a husband and 3 kids, I have decided to run the 2009 Detroit Marathon...
I must be crazy...

I was a runner in high school - but that was quite some time ago. I began running again this past March. Mostly to lose the baby weight I was holding on to after my 3rd child. (He's now 13 months old.) I ran a 5K in April with my girlfriend Shawn. We ran another 5K with our husbands in May.

Racing again, the fun of competition, that jittery ~I think I might puke~ feeling I always get at the starting line are addictive! So, I have set my sights on a marathon. Completing a marathon has been on my bucket list - an idea I have held in the back of my mind since my high school cross country days... it has always been "someday, before I die, I am going to run a marathon."

Well, I have taken the bull by the horns and declared that day now. I am officially in training for the Detroit Marathon which will be run on October 18th. Three days before my 33rd birthday.

I have a training schedule laid out and it began this past Tuesday. My schedule started off with an easy 3 mile run on Tuesday and a 4 mile run today. I'll be logging miles every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Putting in the big miles on Sundays.

On the outside and if you asked me, to your face I'd tell you I am excited about it. On the inside, however, I am tangled, anxious and down right nervous. I hope to use this blog to release some of that anxious-ness... and possibly entertain.

Attempting this feat will be no easy task - so I leave today with the question...

A Marathon?? Insanity or stupidity??