Training, Day 1

Typically when I think of the Blogosphere, I think about people with their heads so far up their own asses, that they think people are actually going to read them. This however is going to be slightly different as I'm mainly just posting to have a record of what went into finishing a marathon.

I'll start with some stats, as many of you know, I'm not the, let's say slightest, individual. This morning I came in at 251lbs, 29% body fat, and a 48" waist. Not exactly what you'd expect from someone who plans on running a marathon. Add that to about 3-4 years of smoking around a pack a day, and you've now got to be thinking how the hell are you going to be able to finish a marathon.

For me it's simple math, do I believe in the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Yes. Do I believe that my parents have put me in a position to be a winner? Yes. Am I part of an elite family that has gained favor with St Francis DeSales through their acts? Yes. Finally do I believe that mentally I'm tough enough to finish a 26 mile trek? Yes. If you have these things, I think you really have what it takes. For those of you out there reading that face challenges in life I put it down to being as simple as possible, if you have faith in God, your parents, and yourself, there's very little in life you cannot achieve.

More than anything else, I expect the next few months to be pretty gritty and grimy. When you've come so far out of orbit health wise (for which I've got a pack of excuses), it's going to take a certain amount of toughness to get through the pre-training. Either way, proper marathon training will begin the last week of June per the training book I have. Between now and then I have to get myself up to 4 miles ran. This morning I ran a full mile, walked a half, then ran the last half. If I can by next week run the full 2 miles, then go up half mile increments, I should make it. I'm not going to go over a total of 13 miles per week prior to marathon training. I hope to be at or around 225lbs by the end of June, and then consistently lose weight through out the 17 week training, to ultimately end up at 175lbs. So for the time being I'm going to do the training I did this morning 4 times a week, and then 30 minutes of kettlebell training 2 times a week.

I'll post every once and a while, I suspect that I'll post once or twice a week. The Roman Empire runs the city, I can do it.