Day 1

Today was my first official day of training for the 2009 Philadelphia marathon.  I'd been feeling a bit nervous as I had slacked off on my mileage these past few months.  I spent some extra time on the pavement this past week just to prove to myself that 5-6 miles runs weren't going to be a serious problem so that helped.  Today it was a simple 40 minute run and, despite the fact that I had eaten too much pizza too late in the day, it went just fine.  I'm hopeful that these first few weeks won't be too taxing and that the familiarity of the routine will be there before too long.  It's 20 weeks until the race but I know that time will go by all to quickly and before you know it my long runs will be 16-18 miles.