The journey of 26 miles starts with...

3 miles. Started running last night with my minister and a girl from church.
Surprisingly, my minister and I were on the same pace. We had to wait for her at times. She had cramps in the last mile so we had to walk/run the rest of the way.

I'm thinking, for a first marathon, with 4 months of training, it would be too much for her. I wanna advise her to prepare for a half-marathon for now, but how do you do that with a woman?

A new mountain to climb

A couple of days ago, my minister asked if we can train together for a marathon. And so I suggested L.A. in March. And so the training is on.

Just registered for the race today and so did he. And so thinking about all the commitment that's involved.

Probably will go by Hal Higdon's Novice 2 training sched.